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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act or the place of digging or excavating.

Syn. – excavation, dig.

pl.

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

[Recent]

pl.

Region; locality.

[Low]

digging ‎(countable and uncountable, plural diggings)

The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.
(archaic, colloquial) region; locality

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