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graft3

Pronunciation: /grɑːft/
British informal
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Definition of graft

noun

[mass noun]
  • hard work:success came after years of hard graft

verb

[no object]
  • work hard:I need people prepared to go out and graft

Derivatives

grafter

noun

Origin:

mid 19th century: perhaps related to the phrase spade's graft 'the amount of earth that one stroke of a spade will move', based on Old Norse grǫftr 'digging'

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