单词 | badger digger |
释义 | > as lemmasbadger digger badger digger n. British a person who or animal that participates in badger digging. ΚΠ 1898 Fores's Sporting Notes 15 204 No whit I trow was Jan Ridd more excited at the prospect of a brush with the outlaw Doones than were we badger-diggers at the thought of the capture of the Badgers. 1926 Washington Post 4 Oct. 10/6 About that time Capt. Edwards, of Sealyham (an estate on the Sealy river), decided that the terriers in his kennels were not 100 per cent badger diggers, so he began experiments to improve them. 1932 Times 14 Sept. 6/4 Public opinion should try to ensure that local parties of badger-diggers do not dig during the close time. 2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 2 Apr. 19 Exploring old setts, where badger diggers had opened galleries and chambers, I found bones and skulls. < as lemmas |
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