ditcher
AmericanEtymology
Origin of ditcher
First recorded in 1350–1400, ditcher is from the Middle English word dicher. See ditch, -er 1
Example Sentences
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A couple of foggers and milkers, a hedger and ditcher, two or three women at times, and there is the end.
From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard
The pickaxe of the ditcher, and of the canal and railway navvies, have often also, by their accidental strokes, uncovered rich antiquarian treasures.
From Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 by Stuart, John
My daddy’s Giles the ditcher; I water fetch, and, oh!
From London Lyrics by Cruikshank, George
He filled no higher situation than that of occasional barnman, and hedger and ditcher, upon a farm near Thornhill, in Dumfries-shire.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
Illinois being so generally level, and much of our black soil resting on clay, here is to be the favorite field for the ditcher and tile-maker.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
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