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grafter noun- a hard worker AUSTRALIA, 1891
- She was hard to please, rather a “nark” as he put it, and easily “needled” (annoyed), but a “clever dona” (good girl) and a “grafter” (worker). — Butch Reynolds, Broken Hearted Clown, p. 29, 1953
- You will? Thanks a mill, Norm. You’re a real little grafter. — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 186, 1981
- among market traders, a market trader UK
- — Patrick O’Shaughnessy, Market Traders’ Slang, 1979
- a thief, a crook, a swindler US, 1866
- [N]ipped off on a plane with Anzac Jack, a dead [very] young grafter, leaving a whole load of angst behind. — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 20, 1962
- a criminal who identifies opportunities for other thieves UK
- — Piers Paul Read, The Train Robbers, 1978
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