ditcher

[ dich-er ]

noun

Origin of ditcher

First recorded in 1350–1400, ditcher is from the Middle English word dicher.See ditch, -er¹

A couple of foggers and milkers, a hedger and ditcher, two or three women at times, and there is the end.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard Jefferies
But this restless Proteus masqueraded through a score of other characters—as seedsman, harvester, hedger and ditcher, etc.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols) | Thomas De Quincey
As the carpentering business was not going well he would turn day-laborer, be a mason's hodman, ditcher, break stones on the road.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume II (of 8) | Guy de Maupassant
We have tried to transform a poet into a mechanic, a blacksmith into an artist, and an astronomer into a ditcher.
The Vitalized School | Francis B. Pearson
Any comparison between the material comfort of a Kentucky slave and an English ditcher and delver would be preposterous.
North America, Volume II (of 2) | Anthony Trollope

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