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[ dich-er ] / ˈdɪtʃ ər /
nouna person who digs ditches. a person who ditches. ditchdigger (def. 3). Origin of ditcherFirst recorded in 1350–1400, ditcher is from the Middle English word dicher.See ditch, -er1 Words nearby ditcherdit, dita, ditat Deus, ditch, ditchdigger, ditcher, ditchwater, dite, diterpene, ditheism, dither Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ditcherSlowly the hedger and ditcher goes back to his work, where in the shade under the bushes even now the dew lingers. Hodge and His Masters|Richard Jefferies Why, thou rascal, said he to the ditcher, didst thou not tell me it was hard at bottom? Joe Miller's Jests, With Copious Additions|Various Any comparison between the material comfort of a Kentucky slave and an English ditcher and delver would be preposterous. North America, Volume II (of 2)|Anthony Trollope The chief ditcher had by the day seven pence, the second ditcher six pence, the other ditchers five pence. The Survey of London|John Stow
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