Diggers

British

/ ˈdɪɡəz /

plural noun

a radical English Puritan group, led by Gerrard Winstanley, which advocated communal ownership of land (1649–50)

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The Gold Diggers logo featured a bearded man, who appeared to be a miner, carrying a pickax over his shoulder and wearing a headlamp with a baseball where the light should be.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

Diggers and machines carve through the forest floor, paving over wetland to surface the road which will cut through a protected area.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

Diggers appear to have remained active, for example, near a historic Buddhist monastery.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 3, 2023

Diggers, bulldozers and other heavy equipment arrived and ripped up ground to lay sewage and water systems that were then topped with fresh tarmac roads and lined with neat pavements.

From Reuters • May 15, 2023

Diggers and tractors sit alongside heaps of ripped-up earth and sacks of building materials.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

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