shovelbum
English
noun
Definitions
- (US) A professional excavator on cultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work.
Etymology
Compound from English shovel (actually spade) + English bum (homeless person).
Origin
English
bum
Gloss
homeless person
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bumfuck English
- bare-bum English
- bum English
- bum-clock English
- bumboy English
- bumfluff English
- bumfodder English
- bumfreezer English
- bumfuck English
- bumhole English
- bumhood English
- bummy English
- bumshoving English
- bumsicle English
- bumster English
- bumsters English
- bumtastic English
- bumtrap English
- saddlebum English
- shitbum English
- shove English
- shovel English
- shovel-handed English
- shovelbill English
- shoveler English
- shovelfish English
- shovelful English
- shovelhead English
- shovellable English
- shovellike English
- shovelnose English
- shovelomics English
- shovelware English
- stewbum English
- stumblebum English
- underbum English
- boms Norwegian Bokmål
- しゃべる Japanese
- シャベル Japanese
- ショベル Japanese
- boms Norwegian Nynorsk
- bom Middle English
- schovel Middle English
- shovele Middle English
- shovelo Ido
- ifosholo Zulu
- jabōļ Marshallese
- savol Tok Pisin
- foshol Fanagalo
- foshoro Shona
- sabbal Fiji Hindi
- bum
- bummy
- shove
- shovel
- bumboy
- bumhole
- stewbum
- shitbum
- bumfuck
- bumtrap
- bumhood
- Bumfuck
- bumster
- bare-bum
- bumsters
- underbum
- bumfluff
- bumsicle
- shoveler
- bumtastic
- saddlebum
- bumfodder
- shovelful
- bum-clock
- shovelfish
- shovelhead
- shovelware
- bumfreezer
- shovellike
- bumshoving
- shovelnose
- stumblebum
- shovelbill
- shovelomics
- shovellable
- shovel-handed