digging
IPA: dˈɪgɪŋ
noun
- The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
- A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.
- (dated, colloquial) Accommodation; lodgings; digs.
- (archaic, colloquial, often in the plural) Region; locality.
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Examples of "digging" in Sentences
- The gold mine was pegged on the site of ancient diggings in 1893.
- Garstang's work thus reversed the conclusions of the earlier diggings.
- He moved to the colony of Victoria at the age of 21 to work on diggings.
- The wicker chair bounces the balloon into the hole that the spade is digging.
- He came to Victoria in 1852 and for a time worked on the diggings at Bendigo.
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