backhoe
Speech parts
1. backhoe - Noun
2. backhoe - Verb
Meaning
an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth
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Phrases with the word
Examples
I got a shotgun and a backhoe and no one looks under a septic tank for a dead body. (Bubba)
A backhoe is positioned at the old St. Mary hospital.
A little over 24 hours after the Town filed its report with Niagara Police, the municipality’s stolen John Deere backhoe (described by one Facebook user commenting on the original story as “a piece of junk anyway”) has been found in Hamilton.
He was also given a three months sentencing for participation in deceptive practice for his involvement in the backhoe case.
After some discussion regarding a property donated to the city at 503 W. Elm St., the council decided to ask the fire department to burn down the structure and the city will do any backhoe work needed.
A Soldier assigned to the 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, uses a backhoe to dig a fighting emplacement at Fort Polk, Louisiana, on Feb. 16, 2108.