Re: spade and shovel (was [romconlang] -able)

Herman Miller wrote:
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>And here I thought a trowel was one of those things bricklayers use.
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It is indeed, and probably where the gardening tool gets it name; they're
similar, though not identical. Mason's trowel has a flat longish sharply
pointed triangular blade; gardening trowel's blade is slightly concave, ~4
in. broad, that rounds to a pointed end.

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