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

Statham has been nothing if not a grafter.

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2019

William Jefferson, the Louisiana congressman who kept cash in the freezer in his apartment, was a grafter.

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

There are no agents provocateur in the London police, and the grafter has little opportunity to exercise his talent.

From Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police by Dilnot, George