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steam shovel
noun
- a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
steam-shovel
noun
- a steam-driven mechanical excavator, esp one having a large bucket or grab on a beam slung from a revolving jib
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of steam shovel1
Example Sentences
Lee and invited reporters to chronicle the blasting of granite with dynamite and the cutting of roads with steam shovels.
Under siege since the settlers arrived with their draglines and steam shovels and suction-pump dredges, the threats to the southern residentsâ home waters have metastasized.
But his âaggressively belligerent characteristicâ stuck with him after leaving the steam shovels in the Panama Canal, and he ended up in âalmost constant controversies,â according to the obituary.
Now an art world that McCarthy says is usually âmoving like a steam shovelâ has been stilled, the pandemic has offered a rare chance to look back over older work.
Developers in the 1950s removed an undocumented number of remains by steam shovel, under the passive eyes of D.C. health inspectors.
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