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
James Milner: I remember this player playing for Newcastle United and thinking he's a grafter.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2021
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
A grafter, a liar, a serial bankrupt, a serial divorcee!
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2016
Comstock was an old-style Puritan, and many insist that he was likewise an old-style grafter.
From The Book of Life by Upton Sinclair
