Diggers

British

/ ˈdɪɡəz /

plural noun

a radical English Puritan group, led by Gerrard Winstanley, which advocated communal ownership of land (1649–50)

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As the diggers reached three feet, a rush of frigid underground water flooded the hole, stopping the search for the peddler’s bones.

From Literature

Darkness came on; the diggers were exhausted.

From Literature

The diggers, armed with pickaxes, arrived almost overnight.

From Barron's

In the coming weeks diggers will leave, for what residents hope will be the last time.

From BBC

—Sanjena Sathian is the author of the novels “Goddess Complex” and “Gold Diggers.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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