shovelful

Archeologists call this report “the final shovelful of dirt” on the European hypothesis.

Pray to God for mercy until the last shovelful of earth is cast upon thy grave.

She took her little fire-shovel, and began to take up the coal, a shovelful at a time, and carry it into the cellar.

Each man had a small wooden platter, into which another slave, who stood behind him, put a shovelful of purified cascalho.

Apples and oranges were put upon the table and a shovelful of chestnuts on the fire.

One man rams it into the ground, and the other two (by means of ropes attached) jerk out the shovelful of earth!