Meanings (ES + gloss)
azada • pala
A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
"[...] And not a single spade has gone in the ground - not a single mile of track built."
'Make your mind easy,' Ratsey said; 'I have dug too often in this graveyard for any to wonder if they see me with a spade.'
Phrases
bucket and spadecall a spade a shovelcall a spade a spadecall a spade a spade and a shovel a shovelcall a spade a spade, not a big spoonpeat spadespade footspade forkspade manspade mashiespade moneyspade-footspade-handedspade-manspade-toothed whalespade-workerspadefootspadefulspadelikespadeworkspadeworkerturf spade
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