digger
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.
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How to use digger in a sentence
Just as they were about to open a third crate, grave diggers chased them off.
To find answers about the 1921 race massacre, Tulsa digs up its painful past | Helen Thompson | May 27, 2021 | Science NewsSeveral boats have been at work trying to pull the Ever Given away from the banks, while diggers have been seen on the shore trying to move earth.
How did a ship get stuck in the Suez Canal? | Miriam Berger, Júlia Ledur, Adam Taylor | March 26, 2021 | Washington PostIron deposits along the inside suggest the digger must have been long and slender.
Giant worms may have hidden beneath the ancient seafloor to ambush prey | Helen Thompson | February 16, 2021 | Science News For StudentsSharing space with tastemakers like Yung Baby Tate, Brent Faiyaz and serpentwithfeet will no doubt add new facets to his own capabilities and inspire him to dig digger into his talent.
Iron deposits along the inside suggest the digger must have been long and slender and used mucus to reinforce the walls.
Giant worms may have burrowed into the ancient seafloor to ambush prey | Helen Thompson | January 22, 2021 | Science News
In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around.
Freaking Out About Age Gaps in Gay Relationships Is Homophobic | Samantha Allen | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTA “komitetchik par excellence,” a man of “outstanding mediocrity,” and “the grave digger of the revolution.”
Kotkin Biography Reveals Stalin's Evil Pragmatism | William O’Connor | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou 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?
Why Does My Kids’ Elementary School Need a Tank? | Andy Hinds | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI tell him all the time, “You know ‘Gold digger’ is your biggest.”
Jamie Foxx on ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2,’ Donald Sterling’s Racism, and Bill O’Reilly’s TV Act | Marlow Stern | April 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis drill-like nose, his powerful fore-legs and big, strong feet all served to make him the fastest digger in Pleasant Valley.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyNo true worker, be he digger, or divine, blends real work with either smoking or drinking.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.A grave-digger was carrying one of these deceased angels to the churchyard, when he stept into a tavern to take a dram.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThere was little risk of their being interrupted by any honest digger, for it was the middle of the day.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeRobinson also made friends with the women, in particular with one Mary McDogherty, wife of a very unsuccessful digger.
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British Dictionary definitions for digger (1 of 2)
/ (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
British Dictionary definitions for Digger (2 of 2)
/ (ˈdɪɡə) /
(sometimes not capital) archaic, slang
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
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