spade : Idioms & Phrases

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ace of spades

  • noun the ace in the spade suit; sometimes taken as a portent of death
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ditch spade

  • noun a spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches
    ditch spade.
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garden spade

  • noun a spade used by gardeners
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in spades

  • adverb without question and beyond doubt
    decidedly; emphatically; unquestionably; by all odds; definitely.
    • it was decidedly too expensive
    • she told him off in spades
    • by all odds they should win
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long-handled spade

  • noun a spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches
    ditch spade.
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Spade bayonet

  • a bayonet with a broad blade which may be used digging; called also trowel bayonet.
Webster 1913

spade bit

  • noun a thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on either side
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spade casino

  • noun a form of casino in which spades have the value of one point
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Spade handle

  • (Mach.), the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of Knuckle joint, under Knuckle.
Webster 1913

spade-like

  • adjective satellite shaped in the form of a spade
    spade-like.
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spade-shaped

  • adjective satellite shaped in the form of a spade
    spade-like.
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trenching spade

  • noun a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches
    entrenching tool.
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Turf spade

  • a spade for cutting and digging turf, longer and narrower than the common spade.
Webster 1913

Turfing iron, ∨ Turfing spade

  • an implement for cutting, and paring off, turf.
Webster 1913