diggeress en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From digger + -ess.
Meanings
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(Australia, archaic) A miner's wife.
I merely know the bare facts, and bare enough the whole stony subject seems to me, but it was important enough to occupy the close attention of seventy-three diggers and one diggeress.
1914, Overland Monthly and the Out West Magazine, page 563:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| diggeresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |