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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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Eventually, two diggers were deployed on Thursday to dredge a channel for the whale to swim into deeper water, and rescue teams worked late into the day under floodlights to save it.

From BBC

Diggers have been deployed to dredge a channel back into deeper waters.

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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.

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