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ditch•dig•ger
(dich′dig′ər),USA pronunciation n.
ditch′dig′ging, n., adj.
- a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, esp. with pick and shovel.
- a person engaged in exhausting manual work, esp. work that requires little or no originality.
- Civil EngineeringAlso called ditcher, trencher. a power excavating machine designed to remove earth in a continuous line and to a predetermined width and depth, as by means of a rotating belt equipped with scoops.
- ditch + digger 1895–1900
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