trowel fodder
n.— «Excavations are often very expensive or simply use students as “trowel fodder,” providing no training at all.» —“Archaeology in Further Education” by Dave Jones Education and the Historic Environment Mar. 2, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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