digged

[ digd ]

/ dɪgd /

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verb Archaic.

a simple past tense of dig¹.

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Words nearby digged

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How to use digged in a sentence

I have digged, and drunk water, and have dried up with the sole of my foot, all the rivers shut up in banks.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
I had 'digged' for a long time with a fellow called Charlie Grosvenor.
Scottish Ghost Stories|Elliott O'Donnell
But he had died suddenly in Saka, and his comrades had digged a long hole in the ground where they had laid him.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Sven Hedin
We digged for gold all day to buy you a lot of horses and tobacco, but we haven't found anything at all 'cept a bad nugget!
The Harmsworth Magazine, Vol. 1, 1898-1899, No. 6|Various

De rod pinted right down dere; and right whey de rod pinted we digged.
Money Island|Andrew Jackson Howell, Jr.

British Dictionary definitions for digged

digged

/ (dɪɡd) /

verb

archaic a past tense of dig

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