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digs

British  
/ dɪɡz /

plural noun

  1. informal lodgings

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of digs

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

Example Sentences

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Under normal circumstances, around 60 international teams would have been working on digs, a government official told AFP, but "all of these missions have left Iraq".

From Barron's

This was their South Bay rival coming to their gym Thursday night, and anything can happen when a team digs deep and doesn’t fear losing.

From Los Angeles Times

But when she digs deeper, around a fifth of them actually meet her definition.

From The Wall Street Journal

Whereas I was in digs - just dedicated, just sleeping early, eating and just playing football and not really participating in life itself.

From BBC

Come March and April, this person enters our inner circle — an intimate partner who digs into our financial life.

From MarketWatch

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