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Etymology
Egyptian Arabic ARchar|شاد�� sh�dūf.

Noun
en-noun

1. a device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted pole with a bucket on the end of it

#:*1983: Were there a thousand � or was it five thousand slaves? � cranking the long poles of these shadufs to raise our water? � Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings

Alternative spellings
shadoof

ru:shaduf

• 2006-11-12 10:10 - RobotGMwikt - robot Adding: [[ru:shaduf]]

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