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Definition of steam shovel noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

steam shovel

noun

/ˈstiːm ʃʌvl/

/ˈstiːm ʃʌvl/

(especially North American English)

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a large machine for digging, that originally worked by steam

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