Meaning

8 senses
  1. A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

  2. A tool for digging.

    Grabwerkzeug

  3. (slang)A spade (playing card).

  4. One who digs.

    Gräber, Gräberin

    копа́тельkopátelʹ, землеко́пzemlekóp, копа́льщикkopálʹščik

    копа́чkopáč, землеко́пzemlekóp, граба́рhrabár

    a laborer who digs

  5. (Australia, informal)An Australian soldier.

  6. (Australia, broadly, dated)A friendly term of address, especially to a man.

  7. (US, dated, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, vulgar)A member of any Native American people in the western United States, especially Native Californians.

  8. (Australia, obsolete)A gold miner, one who digs for gold.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Mary is a gold digger.

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  2. Rima is a professional gold digger.

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  3. Rima was a shameless gold digger.

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  4. My girlfriend is a gold digger.

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  5. I was a grave digger for thirty years.

    ruЯ был могильщиком в течение тридцати лет.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who digs:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who digs:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
tool for digging:
one who digs:

Origin

From Middle English dyggar, equivalent to dig + -er.

From Middle English dyggar, equivalent to dig + -er.

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