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    [Adjective]  | "pick-and-shov*el" | \ ˈpik-ən(d)-ˈshə-vəl \


    1: done with or as if with a pick and shovel : laborious


    Origin: 1858 ;

    [Adjective]  | "pick-and-shovel" 


    1: requiring considerable physical or mental effort;


      * e.g., " ... she loves coming up with the big idea but hates the actual pick-and-shovel work of starting a new business "





     [ "Pick and Shovel Girl" ]

    1: Another term for a gold digger. (Gold Digger: A person, generally a woman, whose romantic pursuit of, relationship with, or marriage to a wealthy person is primarily or solely motivated by a desire or pursuit of money or other financial-based gifts or services. An opportunist).

      * e.g.,  ... I attended a recent social function and within the first ten minutes of conversation with a woman I had been introduced to I could tell she was nothing more than a pick and shovel girl. 

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