Word: shovelful
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...Shovel show and level it in street before the gate...
...Shovel snow in yard for hanging out clothes...
Yesterday's snowfall will bring members of the snow shovel brigade out of their beds at 6 o'clock this morning for their first big job of the year. After obtaining their shovels from the Student Employment office, they will swing into action on sidewalks, porches, and driveways...
...work of the committee which is ander the leadership of Robert Grinnell '36, is of varied sort though it concerns itself largely with the "pick and shovel" end of the campaign. For instance, on Wednesday evening the committee is seeking 100 men who will act as ushers at the Rindge Technical School rally and help with its organization. Every day students are doing odd jobs at the Cambridge headquarters. On Election Day at least 100 men will serve as watchers in strongly Democratic wards and help transport voters to the polls...
Thus it is twice as risky to be an unskilled member of a pick-&-shovel gang as it is to be a farmer or a lawyer. Cause: partly, the accidents incident to unskilled labor, but principally the manner of life which the occupation entails (diet, housing, medical care, contact with infected persons...