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DIGGING

\dˈɪɡɪŋ], \dˈɪɡɪŋ], \d_ˈɪ_ɡ_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of DIGGING

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained.
Region; locality.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained.
Region; locality.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The operation of loosening earth by hand labour with a spade, fork, or pike. Diggings, a popular name for the localities where gold is found in Australia, California, &c.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

n. Act or place of digging;â€”pl. Places where ore, especially gold, is dug.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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