digs

See also: DIGs and dIGs

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪɡz/

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡz

Etymology 1

Noun

digs

1. plural of dig

Verb

digs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dig

Etymology 2

Clipping of diggings.

Noun

digs pl (plural only)

1. (colloquial) Lodgings; place of accommodation.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     Corley at the first go-off was inclined to suspect it was something to do with Stephen being fired out of his digs for bringing in a bloody tart off the street.

   • 1993, “[Editor's note]”, in Feminist Bookstore News, volume 16, page 1:

     Our new digs are at the corner of Market and Castro – a great and gay neighborhood that will be a pleasure to work in. The new office has room for four women to work comfortably, a tiny deck and back yard, and looks out on two trees.

2. (colloquial) Clothes.
   • 1992, R. Patrick Solomon, Black Resistance in High School: Forging a Separatist Culture, page 41:

     For example, when “army digs” are in, the Jocks wear them; when designer jeans are fashionable, those who can afford them wear them.

   • 2014, Stephanie Caffrey, Vegas Stripped, page 95:

     I donned my new digs and found a trash can in which to dump my stinky old clothes.

Translations

lodgings — see lodgings

clothes — see clothes

Anagrams

• GDIs, GIDs, Sigd, gids