Meaning of tunnelist | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone who digs tunnels, especially as a hobby.

Examples

“The tunnelist showed me the cellar he'd dug beneath his house.”

“Details about the backyard tunnel in Queensland revealed by Calgary police today are scarce — we know⟳ it was an alleged storehouse for stolen goods, and little else. But building a 30-foot tunnel is a huge amount of work⟳, even more so if you're trying to keep⟳ it secret, as the famous Toronto tunnelist proved.”

“Spending hours heaving dirt and rocks from the ground might seem like⟳ an unusual pastime, but it has a history: Hobby tunnelists of yore include⟳ the Fifth Duke of Portland, who in the 19th century built an underground ballroom on his property, and, more recently, the so-called mole man of London, who spent 40 years making tunnels before he was discovered.”

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