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Digger meaning in English
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Digger
see synonyms of diggerNoun
1. digger
a laborer who digs
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Digger
see synonyms of diggernoun
1.
a person, animal, or machine that digs
2.
a miner, esp one who digs for gold
3.
a tool or part of a machine used for excavation, esp a mechanical digger fitted with a head for digging trenches
noun
1. (sometimes not capital) archaic, slang
a.
an Australian or New Zealander, esp a soldier: often used as a term of address
b.
(as modifier)
a Digger accent
2.
one of a number of tribes of America whose diet was largely composed of roots dug out of the ground
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Digger
see synonyms of digger noun
1.
a person or thing that digs; specif., any tool or machine for digging
2. US; [D-]
a member of any of several North American Indian peoples of the SW U.S. that dug roots for food
, often a disparaging term, esp. in historical contexts3.
digger wasp
4. [D-]; Slang
an Australian or New Zealander, esp. one who is a soldier
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Digger
see synonyms of diggern.
1.
a. A person or animal that digs: a digger of gardens; a digger for information.
b. A tool or machine used for digging or excavating.
2. often Digger Informal
a. A soldier from Australia in World War I and World War II.
b. A soldier from New Zealand in World War I.
3. also Digger , or Digger Indian Offensive Used as a disparaging term, especially in the 1800s, for a member of any of various Native American peoples of the Great Basin, such as the Utes, Paiutes, and Western Shoshones.
4. Chiefly New England A fall: slipped on the icy sidewalk and took a digger.
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