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Definition of Hand shovel
1. Noun. A shovel that is operated by hand.
Generic synonyms: Hand Tool, Shovel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hand Shovel
Literary usage of Hand shovel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"He succeeded in finding a slate hand-shovel, three engraved fragments of slate
counters, a stone muller, or pounder, a small fragment of Roman terracotta, ..."
2. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"One plow ie a foot ID advance of the other ; and it is a right or a lejl hand
shovel- plow, according to the ..."
3. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"... sweater. main. f.. hand: hook: handle; fork; body loop iof a carriage): scoop,
hand shovel; waiter, plate; i lift, i help, assistance: ( man. ..."
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