DCHP-3

Irish miner's shovel

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a long-handled shovel used to bury bake kettles in hot sand in a camboose (def. 2).

See: camboose(def. 2),cook's shovel

Quotations

1961
In the hardware store the implement [cook's shovel] was known as an "Irish miner's shovel."