Definition of "gradin" []

• One of a series of steps or tiered seats, as in an amphitheater. (noun)

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• "They're collectin 'gradin'-camp drivers an' mule-skinners all up an 'down the state."
• "Meantime, we can't start clearin 'or gradin' or nuthin '."
• "We freely admit they's a few onconsequential improvements which is possessed by some bigger an 'more notorious cities such as sidewalks, sewers, street-gradin', an 'lights that we hain't got yet."