trowel fodder
n.— «I have been working in a commercial archaeology company as basic trowel fodder for a year and have now been given the task of writing the small finds report from my first site.» —“Draft layout for a small finds report” by John Michaels Usenet: sci.archaeology.moderated Apr. 24, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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