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digger
[ dig-er ]
noun
- a person or an animal that digs.
- a tool, part of a machine, etc., for digging.
- (initial capital letter) Disparaging. Also called Digger Indian. a member of any of several Indian peoples of western North America, especially of a tribe that dug roots for food.
- an Australian or New Zealand soldier of World War I.
- (initial capital letter) English History. a member of a group that advocated the abolition of private property and began in 1649 to cultivate certain common lands.
- Slang. a person hired by a scalper to buy tickets to a show or performance for resale by the scalper at inflated prices.
Digger
1/ ˈɪɡə /
noun
- archaic.sometimes not capital
- an Australian or New Zealander, esp a soldier: often used as a term of address
- ( as modifier )
a Digger accent
- one of a number of tribes of America whose diet was largely composed of roots dug out of the ground
digger
2/ ˈɪɡə /
noun
- a person, animal, or machine that digs
- a miner, esp one who digs for gold
- a tool or part of a machine used for excavation, esp a mechanical digger fitted with a head for digging trenches
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The diggers stand primed to begin work on a new Kop stand.
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Yellow diggers are shoring up mounds of earth, as construction workers prepare to lay the foundations for what's set to become the largest start-up campus in Europe.
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Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty was called "a gold digger" and "a murderer".
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Bodies come straight from the hospital, which calls the grave digger to let him know he needs to prepare for burial.
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But the heavy steel of the Soviet-era diggers lies dormant for 11 months of the year.
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