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Shovel in   /ʃˈəvəl ɪn/   Listen
Shovel in

verb
1.
Earn large sums of money.  Synonym: rake in.
2.
Eat a large amount of food quickly.  Synonyms: bolt down, garbage down, gobble up.






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"Shovel in" Quotes from Famous Books



... was getting warm and tired, and my task was apparently only just begun. The farther I dug, the more numerous and intricate became the passages. I concluded to stop, and come again the next day, armed with a shovel in addition ...
— Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers • John Burroughs

... get it," Cain was saying. "Born with a silver shovel in your mouth, you don't have to worry about sweating out your pile! Quit any time and there it all is after your little adventure, still waiting for you to come home to! Maybe they'll even want you to write a book! But me—my father wasn't a ...
— The Women-Stealers of Thrayx • Fox B. Holden



Words linked to "Shovel in" :   eat, gain, pull in, clear, bring in, rake in, bolt down, take in, make, garbage down, realize, earn, realise



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