digs

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See also: DIGs and dIGs

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɪɡz/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪɡz

Etymology 1

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Noun

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digs

  1. plural of dig

Verb

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digs

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dig

Etymology 2

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Clipping of diggings.

Noun

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digs pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial) Lodgings; place of accommodation.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, [], →OCLC:
      Corley at the first go-off was inclined to suspect it was something to do with Stephen being fired out of his digs for bringing in a bloody tart off the street.
    • 1993, “[Editor's note]”, in Feminist Bookstore News, volume 16, page 1:
      Our new digs are at the corner of Market and Castro – a great and gay neighborhood that will be a pleasure to work in. The new office has room for four women to work comfortably, a tiny deck and back yard, and looks out on two trees.
  2. (colloquial) Clothes.
    • 1992, R. Patrick Solomon, Black Resistance in High School: Forging a Separatist Culture, page 41:
      For example, when “army digs” are in, the Jocks wear them; when designer jeans are fashionable, those who can afford them wear them.
    • 2014, Stephanie Caffrey, Vegas Stripped, page 95:
      I donned my new digs and found a trash can in which to dump my stinky old clothes.
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