How do you use the word "digger" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "digger": Mary is a gold digger. I was a grave digger for thirty years.

Digger Meaning

/ˈdɪɡɚ/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

nounA tool for digging.

Sentence Examples

Mary is a gold digger.

I was a grave digger for thirty years.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

shovel

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The experienced gold ____ found a large nugget yesterday morning.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Mary is a gold ____.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English dyggar, equivalent to dig + -er. In the sense of "Australian soldier", attributed to the considerable time that soldiers spent digging trenches during World War I.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The cables are placed from 16 in. to 2 ft. down, and to save time and labour use was made of a mechanical digger lent by the Swedish State Railways." — 1952 January, “Electrification Progress in Norway”, in Railway Magazine, page 55:

"The post hole digger did look ancient. I was pretty certain myself that it hadn′t dug any holes for a long, long time." — 2009, Sharon Bomgaars, The Best Clubhouse Ever, page 143:

"You′ve tried the supposedly sure method of squirting the digger with water from a hose, and that hasn′t worked.[…]This step will discourage 99 percent of the diggers." — 1997, Barbara J. Wrede, Civilizing Your Puppy, page 75:

"Most retrievers are not inveterate diggers — that′s a trait usually reserved for other breeds like wire-haired terriers and schnauzers." — 2005, Gary R. Sampson, Dick Wolfsie, Dog Dilemmas: Simple Solutions to Everyday Problems, page 130:

"A successful Australian digger — successful, not merely in siftings and washings, but bearing the title, and its best credentials, of a “nuggetter” − came down from Forest Creek recently and took up his abode in a low lodging-house in Little Bourke Street, Melbourne." — 1853, Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words, volume 21, page 64:

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