(US, slang, also, figuratively) A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.
Sandhogs working behind a hydraulic shield excavated the riverbed silt inch by inch and installed linking sections of cast-iron tubes as they went. The digging chamber was filled with compressed air pumped in from the surface. The work w…
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(intransitive, US, slang) To work at digging tunnels, or (more generally) underground or under water.
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