1858 17 Apr. We would like to see Dan..exercising his powerful muscles with the pick and shovel exercise.
1907 11 Mar. 9/3 You don't look much like pick-and-shovel men.
1983 J. McPhee 13 One way to survive in Indiana was to become a pick-and-shovel miner and earn as much as five dollars a day panning gold from glacial drift.