“A hole can be dug in one hour with a small shovel and in half an hour with a large shovel.”

“Arctic terns, Mew gulls, scaup, shoveler, buffleheads, baldpates, yellow legs and various passerines were observed.”

“Jurgis is hired at Brown's Meat packing plant as a shoveler.”

“It takes its name from its peculiar bill, and may be termed the shoveler of Australia.”

“There are plenty of bacteria, fungi, and other critters in a shovelful of soil or finished compost to get things cooking.”

“You can top the brown layers with a shovelful of manure or soil to help heat up the pile and speed composting.”

“Every shovelful of dirt taken from the floodway increases its capacity to carry excess water to the north.”

“I add a shovelful each of sand and peatmoss to each six shovelfuls of the first mixture.”

“A few shovelfuls of earth, a sprinkling of holy water by a priest, and all was said.”

“They spread the lime together, sprinkling it thickly along the firestep, throwing shovelfuls at a bad patch of wall.”

“Improvised weapons such as shovels, chairs and table legs also can be used to fend off adversaries.”

“This included high heel shoes, underwear, shovels, wheelbarrow, sledge hammers, ball and chains, etc.”

“We get up at 6.30 am and head out to the beach with our wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes, machete and rubbish bags.”