grim dig
noun NZ historical, informal
An experienced soldier in the Second World War: all of us new reinforcements learned the language of the grim digs...
- A Grim Dig had to quickly dive for cover.
- He was known as Wig to many a Grim Dig of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
- Some of the best sources of slang could be determined from talking to one of the Grim-digs.
Origin
1940s: from grim (referring to the unpleasant conditions soldiers endured in the trenches) + a contraction of digger in the sense 'a solider'.
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