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sand-hog
sand·hog
/
ˈsændˌhɒg, -ˌhɔg
/
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[
sand
-hog, -hawg
]
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noun
1.
a laborer who digs or works in
sand
.
2.
a person who works, usually in a caisson, in digging underwater tunnels.
Also,
sand hog.
Origin:
1900–05,
Americanism;
sand
+
hog
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sandhog
(ˈsændˌhɒɡ)
—
n
chiefly
(
US
), (
Canadian
) a person who works in underground or underwater construction projects
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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