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
Whatever the merits of the system maybe, it produced results more or less beneficial, according as you look at it from the point of view of the homeseeker, or the grafter.
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins
