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

Where the grifter is shameless, the grafter shrinks from exposure, which could only endanger the racket.

From Slate • May 10, 2018

In it, the advert read that "it shouldn't be this hard" to find "a grafter, who can commit."

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2017

A grafter, a liar, a serial bankrupt, a serial divorcee!

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2016

Gosh, I’m goin’ to feel like an awful grafter, just doing nothing, while you’re working all the time.”

From Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies by Eaton, Walter Prichard