单词 | digger |
释义 | dig·ger ![]() n. 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. [Sense 3, from their use of digging sticks as foraging tools.] |
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