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digger.

A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɪɡɚ/General-American/ˈdɪɡə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

  2. A tool for digging.

  3. A spade (playing card).

    slang
  4. One who digs.

  5. A gold miner, one who digs for gold.

    Australia · obsolete
  6. An Australian soldier.

    Australia · informal
  7. a friendly term of address, especially to a man.

    Australia · broadly · dated
  8. A member of any Native American people in the western United States, especially Native Californians.

    US · dated · ethnic · offensive · slang · slur · vulgar
Where this word comes from

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.

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