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backhoe
backhoe n.
Brit. 
/ˈbakhəʊ/
, /ˈbakhəʊ/U.S. /ˈbækˌhoʊ/
U.S. an excavating vehicle in which the scoop is rigidly attached to the lower end of a short hinged arm at the end of a boom and is pulled towards the vehicle in operation; = back-acter n./ˈbækˌhoʊ/ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > earth-moving and excavating equipment > [noun] > excavator
steam shovel1801
steam trowel1801
excavator1843
earthmover1871
navvy1877
steam-navvy1881
backhoe1928
Traxcavator1940
back-acter1957
1928 Engin. & Contracting 67 193/3 A new gasoline powered shovel... In changing from shovel to clamshell, back hoe or dragline service, no additions or changes are necessary in the operating machinery.
1950 Engin. News-Record 23 Nov. 32 (heading) Something new in big-sewer excavation is started in Chicago... Long-boomed backhoe digs deep trench.
1984 J. Updike Witches of Eastwick i. 52 There's this constant rumbling from the backhoes moving boulders.
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- paxywaxy
- pay
- pay a call
- pay a person in her own coin
- pay a person in his own coin
- pay a person off scot and lot
- pay a person scot and lot
- pay a visit to pepper alley
- pay agent
- pay agreement
- pay an account
- pay and rations
- pay any one in his own coin
- pay at the stub
- pay attention or one's attention to
- pay award
- pay away
- pay back
- pay bargaining
- pay bill
- pay boarder
- pay both scot and lot
- pay both scot and scot
- pay both scot and to pay lot
- pay bridge