At the far end of this path stands the funeral urn of the last man and grave-digger (with the inscription, Nihil humani a me alienum puto).
On their heels came a digger and his lady-love to choose a wedding-outfit; and all the gaudy finery the store held was displayed before them.
But the Ballarat digger resisted the introduction of machinery, fearing the capitalist machinery would bring in its train.
Summoning Long Jim from his seat behind the counter, Mahony dispatched him to Rotten Gully, with an injunction not to show himself till he had found a digger of the name of Turnham.
Rats had got at his coils of rope, one of which, sold in all good faith, had gone near causing the death of the digger who used it.
It was not till a fierce-looking digger opposite took out a jack-knife and threatened to saw off both his feet if he stirred again, to cut out his tongue if he put another question that, scarlet with fear, little Johnny was tamed.
The digger adroitly rolled his captor over, and there they both sat, side by side on the ground, one gripping the other's collar, both too blown to speak.
The young digger sat down on the log that served for a bench, and examined his foot.
Notwithstanding his twenty-three years' experience, the worthy grave-digger must have been mistaken, unless there is something peculiar in the bodies of Bath people!
They called the roll, and just at that moment the old grave-digger came up with his little yellow velvet vest and his gray cotton cap.
At last Zebede left us to go to the barracks, the old grave-digger went to the rue Capucin, and we to our beds, where we slept till eight o'clock the next morning.
The grave-digger and his deputy were convicted on the fullest evidence; and the acquittal of the woman was much regretted, as no doubt remained of her equal guilt.
The Petition of the Grave-digger in 'Hamlet', to command the Pioneers in the Expedition of Alexander.
The digger is not obliged to purchase "claims," for it is almost if not altogether "Free.
He mentioned the matter to his friend, Digger the Badger.
Digger had been so intent on his own affairs that he hadn't noticed anything unusual, but when Old Man Coyote mentioned the matter he remembered that Blacky the Crow headed straight for the Green Forest every morning.
Well, it takes two to make a row," sez littleDigger Smith.
The Californian guide now earnestly entreated permission to retrace his steps, saying that he should lose his life if he attempted to pass the Diggercountry alone on his return.
Then I tried the Sioux, the Shian, and a Digger from the other side, who made the best moccasin as ever I wore.
But the Grave-digger scene does not come at a moment of extreme tension; and it is long.
What claim can architecture, sculpture, or ceramics have upon the decorative conceptions of the Digger Indians, or even upon those of the Zuñi or Moki?
The money-digger was not a little abashed when he saw so many pairs of eyes directed towards him; but he commenced his story, and soon recovered his self-possession.
The money-digger was appalled to think of having the story of the buried treasure told all over Rockhaven, and perhaps being compelled to hand it over to his father before he had made any effort to find the heirs of the lost passenger.
The money-digger was satisfied that his uncle would be faithful to the letter of his promise; and he hastened back to the hotel, to attend to his usual duties.
Leopold had only the light of his lantern to enable him to work, and his task was gloomy enough to satisfy the veriest money-digger that ever delved into the earth for hidden treasure.
The money-digger was not quite satisfied with himself, though he had an undoubted right to "keep his own counsel," if he chose to do so.
In a few moments the money-digger and his friend were under way, standing towards the mouth of the river.
And the money-digger briefly stated the facts which had been discovered.
The money-digger and the clam-digger realized that they were in a bad scrape.
A delicate hint was given to the doctor, and from that time forward he left the little digger room to work.
To this end the professional grave-digger and corpse-bearer of a Maori village was tapu, and lived loathed and utterly apart.
The gold-digger is found in many parts of the earth; the gum-digger belongs to New Zealand alone.
The nomadic digger who called no man master is a steady-going wage-earner now.
A diggerwent to rescue it, and never was humanity more promptly rewarded, for from the sands by the rock he unearthed more than £1,000 worth of gold before nightfall.
Unlike the gold-seeker, the gum-digger can hope for no great and sudden stroke of fortune.
The platforms of the four front cars were clustered over with Digger Indians, with their squaws, children, and gear.
Every digger for miles round left work and made a bee-line from his claim to the road, and patiently waited there to get a hand-shake and a smile from their friend Billjim, and they all got both, and went back very grateful and very refreshed.
I know he came down here on the day the box was stolen," said Donald, "and that he was here with his clam-digger on the day I met Captain Shivernock.
The marks of Laud's clam-digger were plainly to be seen in the loam, a small quantity of which remained on the sod.
Meanwhile the grave-digger had finished his task, and two mounds of fresh, reddish earth rose beside the grave.
The grave-digger scratched his ear and said with a yawn: "Well, the cross I burned.
The grave-digger watched him run off signing himself, laughed, and went to work again.
At this question the grave-digger straightened himself, and examined the rash young man from head to foot.
The body's no longer there," said the grave-digger calmly.
After the coffin had been laid in this field, so poetic in its simplicity, the grave-digger found himself alone, for night was coming on.
I never remember a real diggerwho was not ready to help one, both with advice and in practice, and I never experienced that "greening" of new chums which is a prominent feature of most novels that deal with Australian life.
Dirk had been completely distanced in following the light skiff of the fisherman, and had just come in time to rescue the poor money-digger from his pursuer.
They doubtless took me for some person of consequence, probably a digger of Greek roots, or a penetrator of pyramids.
You will never know how badly it broke me up when that Canal digger sprung his story of how you went the limit for my measly reputation after I had quit the company in disgrace.
The Digger Indians also are fond of the larvae and even of the perfect ants, so I have been told by old mountaineers.
The nuts, the Don tells me, are gathered in large quantities by the Digger Indians for food.
Brown had left his mountain home ere we arrived, but a considerable number of Digger Indians still linger in their cedar-bark huts on the edge of the flat.
In no part of the world have we seen people so poorly lodged, for even the Digger Indians of California afford themselves some sort of secure shelter while these people have none.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "digger" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
