turfing spade

A turf-spade (q. v.). turf'-ite, s. [Eng. turf; -ite.] A votary of the turf; one devoted to or making a living by horse racing. "The modern turfite , to use a common but by no means elegant expre ion, has quite enough to do to keep him. self posted in the most recent doings of the horses of to-day." Field, July 16, 1887.