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n. - A machine for excavating; A laborer who digs.

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  • The first of the coniferous trees which we meet is an odd-looking one known as the digger pine.
  • At the risk of sounding all tin-foil-hatty it may be because the dirty digger is terrified of genuine competition.
  • On the Euro-American pejorative digger, see Robert F. Heizer, ed.,
  • An Australian "digger" hat appeared from nowhere to cover Fox's head.
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