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BACKHOE in yesterday's BLOCKHEAD challenge game
« on: April 08, 2020, 09:59:04 AM »
I was surprised to find BACKHOE was not a common word, especially given when I pressed on the word it gave its origins as "chiefly US, Canada and Australia".
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Re: BACKHOE in yesterday's BLOCKHEAD challenge game
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2020, 12:17:57 PM »
Surely you mean you were surprised until you saw it was chiefly US, Canada and Australia?

Backhoe was classed as common at one stage, but I changed it after mkenuk queried it.
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Re: BACKHOE in yesterday's BLOCKHEAD challenge game
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2020, 11:16:12 PM »
...and I was surprised that BACKHOED the past participle wasn't even a thing!  :o :o :o
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Re: BACKHOE in yesterday's BLOCKHEAD challenge game
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2020, 12:21:27 PM »
Most dictionaries seem to have backhoe as a noun only, but the online Collins English Dictionary and Wiktionary both acknowledge it as a verb also.

Examples of the word in use are fairly hard to find, but there are a few. For completeness I'll add backhoeing as well.
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