digger
A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenchesA large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
» Mary is a gold digger.
Meaning
8 sensesA large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
A tool for digging.
Grabwerkzeug
(slang)A spade (playing card).
One who digs.
Gräber, Gräberin
копа́тельkopátelʹ, землеко́пzemlekóp, копа́льщикkopálʹščik
копа́чkopáč, землеко́пzemlekóp, граба́рhrabár
a laborer who digs
(Australia, informal)An Australian soldier.
(Australia, broadly, dated)A friendly term of address, especially to a man.
(US, dated, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar)A member of any Native American people in the western United States, especially Native Californians.
(Australia, obsolete)A gold miner, one who digs for gold.
Examples
16 sentencesMary is a gold digger.
Rima is a professional gold digger.
Rima was a shameless gold digger.
My girlfriend is a gold digger.
I was a grave digger for thirty years.
ruЯ был могильщиком в течение тридцати лет.
deIch war dreißig Jahre lang Totengräber.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English dyggar, equivalent to dig + -er.From Middle English dyggar, equivalent to dig + -er.
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Forms
plural: diggersSynonyms
3 synonyms- a machine for excavating:power shovelexcavatorshovel