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.
Origin of digger
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How to use digger in a sentence
From goth dating to plus-size, prisoners to gold diggers, these sites revolve around one thing: honesty.
But he and mephistopheles joined a company of successful diggers going down with their swag.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeThe gold was found on the carcass, and the diggers went coolly back to their work.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeThat is what she was called, anyway, by all the diggers on the Newanga.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls | VariousIt is not nurses and grave-diggers hired for money, but the elders of the people, who are eager to perform these acts.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. | Solomon Maimon
They are hunters and diggers for roots, while the Hottentots, perhaps their kinsmen, are cattle-breeders.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 | Andrew Lang
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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