shovel in

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Verb	1.	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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In spite of splitting headaches he would stagger down to the plant and take up his stand once more, and begin to shovel in the blinding clouds of dust.

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He took the shovel from the grate, sprinkled a few live ashes on it, and from a box on the chimney-piece took a few pastiles, which he set upon them; then, with great composure began placidly waving the shovel in front of Mr Dolls, to cut him off from his company.

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This could be done by enhancing the operator's ability to operate the shovel in the most effective way.

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT OF SURFACE MINING EQUIPMENT BY USING OVERALL EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVENESS

The fake death report on the website read as "Miranda Fugate Lockwood died of serious head injuries after being hit with a shovel in the head by an old friend of hers named Emily Powers.

'Shovel Girl' Miranda Fugate Dead:Fake Report of ' Miranda Fugate Collapses After Head Injury' Goes Viral

Worcester and Webster require owners to shovel in front of their properties; Shrewsbury and Auburn do not.

Snow and ice are not always easily moved; Snow-removal requirements depend on the laws of each local community

"In two or three weeks he was the biggest supporter of the shovel in this application.

Super shovel: in the name of efficiency Hawaiian cement switches gears with heavy iron at the quarry face

I do so because my local, Malt Shovel in Spon d closed last July nd remains closed.

Don't let historic inn become new flats; Letters

I had them moving at a pretty good pace when my son arrived with shovel in hand.