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     Re: Leaden spade   
     By: Alexander Koryagin to All on Tue Oct 29 2019 08:32:28   
      
    AK> Although all the text is very vivid and difficult, I'd like ask why   
    AK> the workers use "leaden spades"? IMHO lead is not a metal for   
    AK> spades? ;)   
      
      
   adjective #1 below applies...   
      
      
   leaden [ led-n ]   
     adjective   
      
       1. inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move: a leaden weight; leaden   
   feet.   
      
       2. dull, spiritless, or gloomy, as in mood or thought: leaden prose; a   
   leaden atmosphere.   
      
       3. of a dull gray color: leaden skies.   
      
       4. oppressive; heavy: a leaden silence.   
      
       5. sluggish; listless: They moved at a leaden pace.   
      
       6. of poor quality or little value.   
      
       7. made or consisting of lead.   
      
      
     verb (used with object)   
      
       1. to make leaden, sluggish, dull, etc.: Fatigue had leadened his brain   
   and step.   
      
      
     https://www.dictionary.com/browse/leaden   
      
      
      
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