Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A machine, such as a bulldozer or backhoe, used for digging or pushing earth.
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- noun A
vehicle designed to excavate or transport earth in large quantities.
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Examples
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Free tip, earthmover: you actually * aren't* allowed to directly insult me.
Meet Representative Alan Grayson (D, FL-08). - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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He has a small earthmover, a winch for hoisting up copper, pneumatic drills and compressors.
Government crackdown after mine collapse leaves other Chilean miners feeling left out in the cold Juan Forero 2010
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Outside, next to the trenches, they found an earthmover, and they put a rubber hose into its tank and siphoned fuel into canisters.
Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Aggie Zivaljevic's 'Where Is My Boy?' Zoe Triska 2011
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The video is so stupid that it doesn't deserve this many words earthmover
Meet Representative Alan Grayson (D, FL-08). - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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He has a small earthmover, a winch for hoisting up copper, pneumatic drills and compressors.
Government crackdown after mine collapse leaves other Chilean miners feeling left out in the cold Juan Forero 2010
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Outside, next to the trenches, they found an earthmover, and they put a rubber hose into its tank and siphoned fuel into canisters.
Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Aggie Zivaljevic's 'Where Is My Boy?' Zoe Triska 2011
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The company increased replacement truck tires by 7% in North America on Feb. 1 and is also raising car and light truck and earthmover tire prices.
Lower Tire Sales Deflate Michelin Results David Pearson 2010
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I promised not to rush him, even though I know a landscaper with an earthmover could shred the weeds, groom the hill with top soil and spread grass seed in 72 hours.
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Others have brought up this idea before, earthmover. janis
The Roll Call Vote in the Senate on the Repeal of ObamaCare | RedState 2010
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The Zibo killings came just two days after a man in Hebei province to the west went on a rampage at the wheel of his earthmover, smashing vehicles and buildings and leaving 17 dead.
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