a soldier who digs trenches
(in the British Army) a private of the Royal Engineers
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Sappers from the Danish navy placed the bomb back in the water and attached a 10kg explosive charge to it, allowing for a controlled detonation.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2023
Sappers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey were killed just hours before they were due to be deployed to Afghanistan.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023
Sappers demolished hundreds of buildings to check the fire.
From Time Magazine Archive
The exploit: Second Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bhagat, 22, of the Royal Bombay Sappers, was told, one day during the British conquest of Ethiopia, to clear a road of Italian mines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Michael listened to a great deal of talk about 'when I was quartered there' and 'when he was stationed at Malta' and about Gunners and Sappers and the Service.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
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