Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who ‘grafts’ (see
graft , verb); one who takes or makes ‘graft’ or dishonest private gain, especially in positions of trust, and in ways peculiarly secret and corrupt. - noun One who grafts or inserts scions in foreign stocks; one who propagates trees or shrubs by grafting.
- noun A saw designed especially for sawing off limbs and stocks preparatory to grafting. It has a narrow pointed blade and fine teeth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting.
- noun An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
- noun The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting.
- noun An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
- noun The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
- noun slang Someone who works in market stalls.
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Examples
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"That was what I call a grafter," said one of the boys.
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I am no doubt the worst "grafter" in the business.
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The temper of the back country is well caught in Howell's lines anent this early American "grafter", the favorite of the royal governor:
The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 Archibald Henderson 1920
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Her husband was called in plain prose a "grafter," -- one who participated in unearned and improper profits, due to granting favors in his official capacity to himself.
Together Robert Herrick 1903
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I am inclined to think you are as big a "grafter" as ever came down the pike, even though you may be telling on the other fellow -- turning
Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Thomas William Lawson 1891
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"He's what is called a 'grafter'; a term signifying that he is willing to vote for any measure that he is paid to vote for, whether it benefits his constituents or not."
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The one in the pic to the right, found on both Kotaku and GameSpot, has the third password, "grafter".
QJ.NET 2010
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A bomb disposal expert killed in Afghanistan was a 'grafter'
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Adam, who also lived in Latchingdon, was 'not an academic lad' and had given up on full-time education but was a 'grafter' and decided to join his older brothers working as a casual labourer for Holtom.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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"A grafter is a fellow with an underground pull for getting hold of what belongs to some one else.
The Wild Olive Basil King 1893
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