| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Expression | 1. A shovel for taking up coals of fire.[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: FIRE SHOVEL
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Fire shovel | A shovel for taking up coals of fire. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: FIRE SHOVEL
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Fire shovel | Slang in 1811 | FIRE SHOVEL. He or she when young, was fed with a fire shovel; a saying of persons with wide mouths. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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