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Digger [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who digs; one who opens, throws up and breaks the earth; one who opens a well, pit, trench or ditch.

Digger [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, digs.

Diggers [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A degraded tribe of California Indians; -- so called from their practice of digging roots for food.