digger
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ər noun
1.
a person or an animal that digs.
2.
a tool, part of a machine, etc., for digging.
3.
(initial capital letter) . 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.
4.
an Australian or New Zealand soldier of World War I.
5.
(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.
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digger (ˈdɪɡə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person, animal, or machine that digs |
| 2. | a miner, esp one who digs for gold |
| 3. | a tool or part of a machine used for excavation, esp a mechanical digger fitted with a head for digging trenches |
| Digger (ˈdɪɡə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | archaic, slang (sometimes not capital) |
| a. an Australian or New Zealander, esp a soldier: often used as a term of address | |
| b. (as modifier): a Digger accent | |
| 2. | one of a number of tribes of America whose diet was largely composed of roots dug out of the ground |
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Example sentences
Even industry is starting to complain about a gold-digger mentality among academic administrators.
Check out the original hippie-digger poetry and manifestoes: euphoria, overflowing optimism, and expectation of immediate success.
It is an exceptionally fast digger, but otherwise moves fairly slowly.
The digger merely seemed to exercise his imagination in reverse.
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