grafter
Example Sentences
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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
Where the grifter is shameless, the grafter shrinks from exposure, which could only endanger the racket.
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 Grace Brooks Hill
