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Word: shovelful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...guards have intrenched themselves. But the beleaguered defenders are equipped with machine guns and three union miners are riddled early in the action. Night falls and the besiegers creep closer-to within forty yards of the enemy. They crouch behind a parapet of earth thrown up by a steam-shovel and wait for daylight to finish their bloody work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: The Herrin Horror Retold | 3/10/1923 | See Source »

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