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shovel in

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Verb1.shovel in - earn large sums of money; "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in"
rake in
earn, realise, pull in, bring in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
2.shovel in - eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"
garbage down, gobble up, bolt down
eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"


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Here, in their diving-dresses, pick axe and shovel in hand, my men extract the coal, which I do not even ask from the mines of the earth.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
Then Durbeyfield began to shovel in the earth, and the children cried anew.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
asked Meg one snowy afternoon, as her sister came tramping through the hall, in rubber boots, old sack, and hood, with a broom in one hand and a shovel in the other.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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