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Word: steamshovel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...clanking, clattering Machine Age last week were leading citizens of Montreal. Solemnly they marched 100 strong to a conveniently open space near the Canadian National Railway tracks. There workmen, spitting on their hands, took shovels and dug swiftly a medium-sized hole. In it was buried a toy steamshovel, symbol of the Machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Burying the Shovel | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

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