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Definition of Scoop shovel

1. Noun. The shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scoop Shovel

Literary usage of Scoop shovel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Management Applied to Construction by Daniel Jacob Hauer (1918)
"When this cannot be done and the sand is entirely free from, loam and runs easily, a small size scoop shovel should be used. However, as the scoop is likely ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... a ladle ; G. schuppe, a scoop, shovel ; schöpfen, to draw water, take breath, let in water, "Pis as easy with a sieve to scoop the ocean As to tame ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"B. & F Pl.D. schuppe, a scoop, shoveL Fr. irff, a scoop for baling boats. Boh. kopati, to kick, hack, dqf, boe ; Pol. kopac", to dig, hollow, scoop oat; ..."

4. Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room: Useful to Engineers, Firemen by Nehemiah Hawkins (1903)
"The scoop shovel. 2. The poker. 3. The slice bar. 4. The barrow. Kg. 1. represents the regular scoop shovel commonly called "a coal shovel/' but among ..."

5. Descriptions of Occupations by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Employment Service (1918)
"STEAM SHOVEL MAN (Boom or scoop shovel) SEINE Description: The duty of the ... scoop shovel for general excavating or handling of coal, ore, or loose rock. ..."

6. Clay Products Cyclopedia, Containing Important Information for Every (1922)
"... eg, the pointed scoop shovel for handling crushed rock, coarse gravel, etc.; the regulation scoop shovel for coal and grain; the long-handled, ..."

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