Associations to the word «Spadework»
Wiktionary
SPADEWORK, noun. Work done by digging with a spade.
SPADEWORK, noun. (figuratively) Work done in preparation for something else.
Dictionary definition
SPADEWORK, noun. Dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.