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
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.