grafter

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The couple, who had been together for 24 years, shared a "beautiful family and a granddaughter", Mrs Day said, describing her husband as "just a typical family man, a grafter and a gentle giant".

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

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

Jared is, however, a grafter married to a grifter.

From Slate • May 10, 2018

“I think he was a cheap grafter and wanted to be tipped,” said Neale O’Neil.

From The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found by Hill, Grace Brooks