Leaf-raking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Leaf-raking is a noun meaning The act or process of raking leaves.
Meaning
The act or process of raking leaves.
More Meanings
- (US, usually derogatory) Marginally productive government-financed employment.
Example Sentences
Relief was essential and began under Hoover; then, under Roosevelt, relief turned into leaf-raking, and leaf-raking turned into constructive enterprise.
Yet neither man came close to realizing his early political promise, or to forgiving the tendency of the average voter to sell his birthright for a leaf-raking job or Social Security card.
public agencies were to plan building programs that would do the job and preserve communities from “the necessity of feeding hungry men through the expediency of 'leaf-raking' projects or the dole or soup lines.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rake, raking, leaf-cutter, rakeful, lawnmowing, shearing.
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