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digs

noun
/dɪɡz/

Etymology

Clipping of diggings.

Definitions

  1. plural of dig

  2. third-person singular simple present indicative of dig

  3. Lodgings

    Lodgings; place of accommodation.

    • 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.
    • 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.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Clothes.

      • For example, when “army digs” are in, the Jocks wear them; when designer jeans are fashionable, those who can afford them wear them.
      • I donned my new digs and found a trash can in which to dump my stinky old clothes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at digs. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at digs. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at digs

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA