grafter
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Gary Farmer, the nursery’s head grafter, says it is the first real hope he has had in 20 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
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
James Milner: I remember this player playing for Newcastle United and thinking he's a grafter.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2021
Where the grifter is shameless, the grafter shrinks from exposure, which could only endanger the racket.
From Slate ● May 10, 2018
An "A Number One grafter" is after hundreds and thousands, and it is the ambition of every man in the business to be this kind of pickpocket.
From Notes of an Itinerant Policeman by Josiah Flynt
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