Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
shovel .
Etymologies
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shovel + -like
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Examples
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Kroog and were slamming their great shovellike muzzles as battering rams against the walls.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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The dragon engines had already arrived at the palace of Kroog and were slamming their great shovellike muzzles as battering rams against the walls.
The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998
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Petunia "she patted Aunt Petunia's bony hand with her shovellike one
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rowling, J. K. 1999
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