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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
spadework
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Most of the spadework in the research was done by grad students.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As things are, he has not only to invent his method, but also do most of the spadework for himself.
▪ By 1981 much of the intellectual spadework for the Reagan presidency had been done.
▪ Meanwhile the soldiers were getting some help with the spadework.
▪ She helped with the spadework in the early days of the Wisley garden, I had learned.
▪ The intellectual spadework for a compromise on Jerusalem has been done; the ingredient the process has lacked is not time.
▪ They helped dig the badgers' new home ... there were also a few young recruits on hand to help with the spadework.
▪ Two scholars have done some particularly valuable linguistic spadework.
▪ With Husqvarna, that pleasure comes without the spadework.
Wiktionary
spadework

n. 1 Work done by digging with a spade. 2 (context figuratively English) Work done in preparation for something else.

WordNet
spadework

n. dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking

Wikipedia
Spadework

Spadework is a novel by Canadian writer Timothy Findley set in the theater world of Stratford, Ontario. It was first published in Canada by HarperCollins Publishers in 2001.

Usage examples of "spadework".

While Edward works on that, the rest of us need to concentrate on the spadework to prepare public opinion.

It's rugged: no amenities waiting, no pre-implant spadework done, no further tech support coming after you get there.

Like the others who had done their spadework, like the others who had spread the word, she was to be kept alive, perhaps forever.

A whole year of detailed spadework, right down to little touches such as the banner over the Leo Rich Theater, announcing TUCSON WELCOMES THE HARD QUESTION CONFERENCE.