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Spadework

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Work requiring a spade.

n. Preparatory work necessary for a project or an activity.

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n. Work done by digging with a spade.

n. Work done in preparation for something else.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking

Word Usage

"At her Sydney farewell in 1990, she thanked Richard Bonynge – her husband, conductor and vocal trainer – for his "spadework", as if she were a shrub that required mulching."

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