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
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.