A grafter, or grafting knife, is a garden tool used for grafting fruit trees. I was going to be more of a grafter. Carol is depicted as a tough, working-class grafter, fiercely defensive of her four children. Forrester owned two Melbourne Cup winners, Gaulus in 1897 and The Grafter in 1898. Meanwhile, a series of manifestations that could be of Grafter origin threaten the negotiations. Carol is depicted as a grafter who is fiercely protective of her problematic children. The Grafter also won the Cup in 1898, surviving a protest. Black was a grafter and learnt about the entertainment business from his father. The grafter is usually in the form of a small knife made of thin metal.