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digs en · NOUN · etymology 1

(form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of dig
form of dig

Clipping of diggings.

(colloquial, plural, plural-only) Lodgings; place of accommodation.
- 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. 1993, “[Editor's note]”, in Feminist Bookstore News, volume 16, page 1:
- 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. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:
(colloquial, plural, plural-only) Clothes.
- For example, when “army digs” are in, the Jocks wear them; when designer jeans are fashionable, those who can afford them wear them. 1992, R. Patrick Solomon, Black Resistance in High School: Forging a Separatist Culture, page 41:
- I donned my new digs and found a trash can in which to dump my stinky old clothes. 2014, Stephanie Caffrey, Vegas Stripped, page 95: