A steam shovel is a big, powerful machine that is used to dig or move large amounts of dirt, rocks, or soil. It works by using steam power to operate a digging arm or bucket, making it easier and faster to do heavy excavation work. Full definition
Above: Steam Shovel Harry is an amusing parody of this, where the tutorial takes so long the timer runs out in the intro (gamingreinvented.com)
Having an MBA and my own marketing consulting company, I dated a stock broker, train engineer, steam shovel operator, accountant, electrician, professor, insurance salesmen, etc.. (datinggoddess.com)
The world of Soylent Green is a fetid, overcrowded, overheated mass of sweaty bodies, clothed in rags, living in abandoned cars and tenement stairwells, shuffled about by steam shovels when they become uncontrollable. (parallax-view.org)