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digger

[ dig-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

/ ˈdɪɡə /

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

Digger

/ ˈdɪɡə /

archaic.
sometimes not capital
1. an Australian or New Zealander, esp a soldier: often used as a term of address
2. ( 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

Origin of digger¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; dig ¹, -er ¹

In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around.

A “komitetchik par excellence,” a man of “outstanding mediocrity,” and “the grave digger of the revolution.”

You go for your gold-digger lessons, then you go get waxed and tanned.

Was it really, as I suspected, ordered on a whim by some yahoo who was deeply affected by a childhood encounter with Grave Digger?

I tell him all the time, “You know ‘Gold Digger’ is your biggest.”

His drill-like nose, his powerful fore-legs and big, strong feet all served to make him the fastest digger in Pleasant Valley.

No true worker, be he digger, or divine, blends real work with either smoking or drinking.

A grave-digger was carrying one of these deceased angels to the churchyard, when he stept into a tavern to take a dram.

There was little risk of their being interrupted by any honest digger, for it was the middle of the day.

Robinson also made friends with the women, in particular with one Mary McDogherty, wife of a very unsuccessful digger.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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