Nouns into Intransitive Verbs-Hoover and Beaver

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Does this use of "hoover" derive from the UK use to mean ' vacuum'?  And why "beaver"? Are beavers more single-minded than any other krittir?

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I have found myself using these terms often in the last twenty years or so. The meanings should be obvious.
I use "beavering away" more in the present tense to denote heads down concentrating on one's immediate task to the exclusion of any other thing going. Characteristic of "cubicle rat" programmers.
As to "hoover it up" or the past tense this specifically refers to the way a dog eats. Bolt it down, "scarf it up", or "wolf it down" All mean the same. Hasty eating hardly pausing to chew, let alone,  enjoy one's sustenance. Such people would probably prefer an IV.

Charles Franklin Carter

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