digs

/ (dɪɡz) /

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British informal lodgings

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Word Origin for digs

C19: shortened from diggings, perhaps referring to where one digs or works, but see also dig in

Words nearby digs

digram, digraph, digress, digression, digressive, digs, dig up, dihedral, dihedral angle, dihedral group, dihedron

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How to use digs in a sentence

De Merode sits at a long table and digs into a plate piled with rice, beans, and avocado.
A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo|Nina Strochlic|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His digs on Lake Como are a local tourist attraction for women who wish they were Alamuddin.
An Affair to Remember for George and Amal|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The effectiveness of these pamphlets, and the awareness of its writers are apparent in one Lum digs up called “To Mothers.”
Americans’ Burning Obsession With Hell|William O’Connor|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Because, for me, the idea of the regal Diane in the ratty warehouse digs is positively tantalizing.
‘The Good Wife’ Creators on the Premiere’s Big Cary Twist, Will’s Death, and More|Kevin Fallon|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

After a few verbal digs about his undiagnosed OCD, I tossed it off the bed as a joke.
I Was Pregnant When He Hit Me. Here's #WhyIStayed.|Anonymous|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Its paws are large and well armed, with which it digs up plants, and sometimes dead bodies from their graves.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
What does it matter what he digs for; you know nothing about his business.
An Old Man's Love|Anthony Trollope
Some poor miner usually finds a ledge of quartz-rock and digs down the way the ledge goes.
Stories of California|Ella M. Sexton
The ground squirrel, or chipmunk, digs holes in the ground, where he hides his winter's store of grain and nuts.
Stories of California|Ella M. Sexton
She finds a place where the snow is soft, and she digs and digs in it, and then lies down in it and covers herself up.
Betty Vivian|L. T. Meade

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