grafter

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How does he know what's the real thing She was a--grafter," the brother explained, with a flush of embarrassment.

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  1. One who grafts or inserts scions in foreign stocks; one who propagates trees or shrubs by grafting. I am informed by trials of the most skilful grafters of these parts, that a man shall seldom fail of having cherries borne by his graft the same year. Evelyn.
  2. A saw designed especially for sawing off limbs and stocks preparatory to grafting. It has a narrow pointed blade and fine teeth.

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  • Every player is a grafter, no matter which club they play for. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • In previous years playing against a grafter or grinder who was making the game scrappy, Ronnie would often 'go walkabout' and lose his game completely in a fit of pique or boredom.
  • Badri, who began as a grafter and has since added several arrows to his quiver, was most recently trying to fine tune his back-foot play. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • The other four members of the team - grafter Sophie Deveraux [Gina Bellman - Coupling], retrieval specialist Eliot Spencer [Christian Kane - Into the West, Angel], cat burglar Parker —  EclipseMagazine
  • Adam, who also lived in Latchingdon, was 'not an academic lad' and had given up on full-time education but was a 'grafter' and decided to join his older brothers working as a casual labourer for Holtom. —  Home | Mail Online
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  1. from graft, v., + -er. Cf. the older form graffer.
 

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