pick-and-shovel

[pik-uhn-shuhv-uhl]

pick-and-shov·el

[pik-uhn-shuhv-uhl]
adjective
marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.

Origin:
1890–95
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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