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brawny and large, with connotations of being unintelligent, as one who is fit for digging ditches.

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shovel-handed

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Source Word

shovel-handed

brawny and large, with connotations of being unintelligent, as one who is fit for digging ditches.

Japanese Meaning

筋肉質で大柄だが、知性に欠け、土木作業や溝掘りに適した体格を連想させる形容詞

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

シャベルのようなごつい手をした労働者は、にやりと笑って忠告を払いのけた。彼は明らかに技巧を要する仕事よりも溝を掘る仕事に向いた、たくましくて頭の鈍い男だった。

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brawny and large, with connotations of being unintelligent, as one who is fit for digging ditches.

I do not wish any mass at all, but honest men only, lovely, sweet, accomplished women only, and no shovel-handed, narrow-brained, gin-drinking million stockingers or lazzaroni at all.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

more shovel-handed

（ comparative ）

most shovel-handed

（ superlative ）

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