grafter
Example Sentences
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He went from working in the vineyards to becoming a master grafter and eventually owning land and opening his tasting room.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2023
Torode described the winner as "a real talent" and "a grafter", while Wallace praised his "definitive style".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2020
Where the grifter is shameless, the grafter shrinks from exposure, which could only endanger the racket.
From Slate • May 10, 2018
For Parker is nothing if not a model professional, an old-fashioned grafter who began acting as a child, 25 years before she landed Sex and the City in her early 30s.
From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2016
Theodore Roosevelt was a politician, therefore, according to you, he must have been a grafter.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
