- DIGGING: DIGGINGS
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DIGGING: DIGGINGS
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Digging — may refer to: A form of excavation Cave digging Clam digging Double digging, gardening technique Dump digging Gold digging Gold digging Gum digging Historical digging Privy digging Well digging Digging , a poem by Seamus Heaney See also All pages … Wikipedia
diggings — [dig′iŋz, dig′inz] pl.n. 1. materials dug out 2. [often with sing. v.] a place where digging or mining, esp. gold mining, is done 3. Slang a) place, or locality b) one s lodging or quarters … English World dictionary
diggings — /dig ingz/ for 1 3; /dig euhnz/ for 4, n. 1. (usually used with a sing. v.) a place where digging is carried on. 2. (used with a pl. v.) a mining operation or locality. 3. (used with a pl. v.) something that is removed from an excavation. 4.… … Universalium
diggings — dig|gings [ˈdıgıŋz] n [plural] a place where people are digging holes in the ground … Dictionary of contemporary English
diggings — dig·gings || dɪgɪŋz n. area where digging is taking place; mining project; mine; something that is dug from an excavation; digs, living quarters (British) … English contemporary dictionary
diggings — noun (plural) a place where people are digging for metal, especially gold … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
diggings — dig•gings [[t]ˈdɪg ɪŋz[/t]] for 1–3; [[t]ˈdɪg ənz[/t]] for 4 n. pl. 1) (usu. with a sing. v.) a place where digging is carried on 2) min a mining operation or locality 3) matter removed from an excavation 4) cvb brit. Chiefly Brit. Informal. dig… … From formal English to slang
diggings — /ˈdɪgɪŋz / (say digingz) plural noun 1. a place where digging is carried on. 2. a mining operation or locality. 3. that which is dug out. 4. Colloquial living quarters; lodgings. {dig1 + g + ing1 + s3} …
Gold diggings — Gold Gold (g[=o]ld), n. [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G. gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gul[thorn], Russ. & OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. [root]49, 234. See {Yellow}, and cf. {Gild}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Chem.) A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gold digging — 1. the work of digging for gold. 2. gold diggings, a region where digging or seeking for gold, esp. by placer mining, is carried on. [1795 1805] * * * … Universalium
gold digging — noun 1. : a gold placer mine 2. gold diggings plural : a district containing gold placer mines … Useful english dictionary
