sandhog

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Pronunciation

/ˈsændhɒɡ/

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/ˈsændhɒɡ/ · /ˈsændhɔɡ/

Definition of sandhog

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(US, also, figuratively, slang)A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.

“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.”

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noun

(US, also, figuratively, slang)A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.

“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.”

verb

(US, intransitive, slang)To work at digging tunnels, or (more generally) underground or under water.

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From sand + hog, perhaps alluding to a hog (“animal of the Suidae family, especially a boar, pig, or warthog”) digging in sand.

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