spade-man
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.33 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of spade man.
Example Sentences
- "It is necessary to have another man to put in the grafts; he should put in two, each two inches outside of the mark left as a guide, holding them till the first or spade-man repeats the operation with the spade, which will be about two and a half inches from the edge of the first hole."
- "One man with a gang plow with three 14-inch plows drawn by a 10-20-horse power tractor can plow 7z½ acres in 10 hours, or 120 times as much land as the spade-man."
- "They are divided up into small parties consisting of a pick-man, a spade-man, and three or four basket-men."