shaduf

English

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Noun

shaduf (plural shadufs)

  1. Alternative spelling of shadoof
    • 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:
      Were there a thousand – or was it five thousand slaves? – cranking the long poles of these shadufs to raise our water?

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