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digger

[ dig-er ]

noun

  1. a person or an animal that digs.
  2. a tool, part of a machine, etc., for digging.
  3. (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.
  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.
  6. Slang. a person hired by a scalper to buy tickets to a show or performance for resale by the scalper at inflated prices.


Digger

1

/ ˈɪɡə /

noun

  1. 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

  2. one of a number of tribes of America whose diet was largely composed of roots dug out of the ground
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

digger

2

/ ˈɪɡə /

noun

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of digger1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; dig 1, -er 1
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Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty was called "a gold digger" and "a murderer".

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Bodies come straight from the hospital, which calls the grave digger to let him know he needs to prepare for burial.

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But the heavy steel of the Soviet-era diggers lies dormant for 11 months of the year.

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A digger tucked into the dumped piles and loaded a trailer, which was then pulled across a vast expanse of mucky wet ground by a tractor.

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They are not proposing, for example, councils directly funding projects that get diggers on site.

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