digger

CEFRB1

/ˈdɪɡɚ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person or machine that digs holes or earth.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A spade (playing card).

Examples

  • I was a grave digger for thirty years.

  • Mary is a gold digger.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A tool for digging.

  2. A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

  3. One who digs.

More examples

In context

  • The post hole digger did look ancient. I was pretty certain myself that it hadn′t dug any holes for a long, long time.

  • 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.

  • Most retrievers are not inveterate diggers — that′s a trait usually reserved for other breeds like wire-haired terriers and schnauzers.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.