digging — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The action performed by a person or thing that digs.

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2. A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.

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3. Accommodation; lodgings; digs.

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4. Region; locality.

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   • archaisch
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   • in-plural
   • often
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   Beispiele

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   This knock-down argument in favour of big mosquitoes used the Hoosier up, and the logician started on a new track, to explain how numerous bear were in his "diggins," where he represented them to be "about as plenty as blackberries, and a little plentifuler.”

Substantiv

1. the act of digging

   Synonyme

   excavationdig

   Oberbegriffe

   creating by removal

   Beispiele

   there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton