digger

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 See also 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɡə(r)

[edit] Etymology

• (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Sense 3) Derived from Australian Colonial goldfields terminology. The term represents the mateship of common interests and activities where most of the population were gold miners, and almost everybody was a mate, a "digger", with a common cause against the troopers, the traps, the mining licence inspectors.

[edit] Noun

digger (plural diggers)

1. A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches； excavator.
2. One who digs.
3. (Australian) An Australian or New Zealand soldier.
4. A tool for digging.
5. A card of the spade suit in a deck.
6. (Australian, dated) An informal nickname for a friend, a term of endearment.

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[edit] See also

gold-digger

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of deggir
• rigged