What is the meaning of SHOVEL. Phrases containing SHOVEL
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Fireman (shoveling coal into firebox)
Fireman's shovel. Also the step on front and rear ends of switch engines
Shovel and spade is London Cockney rhyming slang for a knife or razor (blade).
Shovels is slang for the spades suit in a deck of cards.
A miner's term for a short-handled shovel.
Shovel and broom is British and American rhyming slang for room.
Track laborer. Name may have originated from the gander-like tremulations of a man tamping ties, or from the old Gandy Manufacturing Company of Chicago, which made tamping bars, claw bars, picks, and shovels
adj. pron. “ming-er” someone breathtakingly unattractive: She looked okay when we were in the bar, but when I woke up the next morning it turned out she was a complete minger. On fire and put out with a shovel, that sort of thing.
Nick (Prison)
Fireman's shovel; old-style banjo-shaped signal
Fireman shoveling coal into firebox
Phrs. Very quickly.
Shovels and spades is London Cockney rhyming slang for AIDS.
Shovel is tramp slang for a spoon.
Noun. Prison. Rhyming slang on 'nick'. See 'nick'.
Shoveller is British slang for a building site labourer.
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Term applied to locomotive fireman missing the firedoor with a shovelful of coal and spilling some
Nick (prison). He's spending a bit of time in the shovel.
Shovel and pick is London Cockney rhyming slang for an Irish person (Mick). Shovel and pick is London Cockney rhyming slang for prison (nick).
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Shovel
a.
Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler.
n.
Shoveler.
v. t.
To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.
imp. & p. p.
of Shovel
n.
A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny.
n.
The shoveler.
n.
One who, or that which, shovels.
n.
A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species.
n.
See Shovelboard.
pl.
of Shovelful
n.
The shoveler.
v. t.
To gather up as with a shovel.
n.
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
n.
A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner.
v. t.
To wash, as tin ore, with a shovel in a frame fitted for the purpose.
n.
As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.
v. t.
To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
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