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
The grifter has no esteem for the dim grafter, who lacks his inspiration and showmanship.
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
"Boot him clear out of the State of California—show him up for what he is—a mean little cuss of a grafter; no friend of labor or anything else but his own pocket."
From Clark's Field by Robert Herrick
