sandhog
Definitions
A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.
US, also, figuratively, slang
Equivalents
Русскийграбарь
Examples
“Sandhogs working behind a hydraulic shield excavated the riverbed silt inch by inch and installed linking sections of cast-iron tubes as they went. The digging chamber was filled with compressed air pumped in from the surface. The work⟳ was dangerous. The men who did the work⟳, the sandhogs, were considered heroes.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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