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digger

A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

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🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
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#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS

A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.

The post hole digger did look ancient. I was pretty certain myself that it hadn′t dug any holes for a long, long time.
Origin: From , equivalent to . In the sense of "Australian soldier", attributed to the considerable time that soldiers spent digging trenches during World War I. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS

A tool for digging.

You′ve tried the supposedly sure method of squirting the digger with water from a hose, and that hasn′t worked.This step will discourage 99 percent of the diggers.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026AUS

(slang) A spade .

For parents

Digger means: A spade .. It is informal slang, fine in casual speech but not suited to formal contexts. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.

For ESL learners

digger means: A spade .. Register: very informal, slang. Suitable only for casual conversation, chat and social media. Do not use in business, academic or news writing. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.

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  • “The best teaser trailers I’ve seen this year so far are for Obsession, Backrooms, Idiots, and Digger. I don’t even think I need more than like the 60 seconds tops on these trailers run for.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I have a hard time understanding what possessed the women of the Mar a Largo gold digger association. To start carving ther faces up so they all look like the puppet jigsaw from the Saw movies.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “The best teaser trailers I’ve seen this year so far are for Obsession, Idiots, and Digger. I don’t even think I need more than like the 60 seconds tops on these trailers run for.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “"Stop sexualizing it": Travis Hunter’s wife Leanna Lenee lashes out at "Gold Digger" troll for trash talking about feeding babies”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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