grafter
Example Sentences
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The couple, who had been together for 24 years, shared a "beautiful family and a granddaughter", Mrs Day said, describing her husband as "just a typical family man, a grafter and a gentle giant".
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
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
The grafter, by contrast, is a run-of-the-mill abuser of the public trust.
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
"You think I haven't any point to come to?" barked the grafter, with rising anger.
From The Wreckers by Lynde, Francis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
