Noun
(plural shovelbums)
- (US, archaeology) A professional excavator on cultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present shovelbums, present participle shovelbumming, simple past and past participle shovelbummed)
Origin
From the Old English words scofl (shovel; an excavating machine) and American English bum (with no settled residence)
