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  1. Definition of spadework noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  2. SPADEWORK definition: 1. hard, sometimes boring work done in preparation for something: 2. hard, sometimes boring work…. Learn more.

  3. Define spadework. spadework synonyms, spadework pronunciation, spadework translation, English dictionary definition of spadework. n. 1. Work requiring a spade. 2 ...

  4. SPADEWORK meaning: 1. hard, sometimes boring work done in preparation for something: 2. hard, sometimes boring work…. Learn more.

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  6. The historical English dictionary. An unsurpassed guide for researchers in any discipline to the meaning, history, and usage of over 500,000 words and phrases across the English-speaking world.

  7. The earliest known use of the noun spade-work is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for spade-work is from 1778, in Encyclopædia Britannica. spade-work is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spade n.1, work n. See etymology.

  8. Spadework definition: preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.. See examples of SPADEWORK used in a sentence.

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