ditchdigger

[ dich-dig-er ]

noun
  1. a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.

  2. a person engaged in exhausting manual work, especially work that requires little or no originality.

  1. Also called ditcher, trencher. a power excavating machine designed to remove earth in a continuous line and to a predetermined width and depth, as by means of a rotating belt equipped with scoops.

Origin of ditchdigger

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; ditch + digger

Other words from ditchdigger

  • ditchdigging, noun, adjective

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