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sandhog
sand·hog S0063800 (sănd′hôg′, -hŏg′)n. Slang A laborer who works inside a caisson, as in the construction of underwater tunnels.sandhog (ˈsændˌhɒɡ) n (Building) chiefly US and Canadian a person who works in underground or underwater construction projectssand•hog (ˈsændˌhɒg, -ˌhɔg) n. a person who works in a caisson in digging underwater tunnels. [1900–05, Amer.] sandhog
sandhog[′san‚häg] (engineering) A worker in compressed-air environments, as in driving tunnels by means of pneumatic caissons. |