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Meanings of diggings in English

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pensió
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casa

Temporary living quarters.

        pensió
        Usage of diggings in English
        1
        The mines in American territory were temporarily deserted for the new diggings.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        2
        The more adventurous of the colonists started at once for the diggings.
        The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17
        3
        Such were found in my time in those diggings at Castel Fiorentino.
        The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
        4
        That was hardly much use, the diggings being a proper journey away.
        English passengers
        5
        A few miles further, and the diggings themselves burst upon our view.
        A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53
        6
        The diggings ran farther upstream and were richer than the old ones.
        The Emigrant Trail
        7
        The placer diggings are at their greatest depth here, but exceedingly rich.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 / A Magaz...
        8
        I supported persons by attending funerals and grave diggings and nine nights.
        Jamaica Observer
        9
        On our way back we paid a visit to the Bendigo diggings.
        Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia / From ...
        10
        Whole gangs flock to the diggings, bringing their own provisions and implements.
        To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. II
        11
        Polly's father with others kept on to the gold-diggings and camped there.
        Stories of California
        12
        And wool and wheat and the grape, and diggings of yellow gold.
        Leaves of Grass
        13
        They delighted in telling with grim joy of the disappointments of the diggings.
        The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dor...
        14
        Well, in those days there was a scarcity of money in the diggings.
        Sally Dows
        15
        I appear as little as possible in the diggings in this guise, however.
        In the Roaring Fifties
        16
        The more secretive we are the more powerful the effect on the diggings.
        The Border Legion
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