Diker

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who digs or works on dykes; a ditcher.

    "Their armour and weapons were found at times, by delvers and dykers, for centuries after; are found at times unto this day, beneath the rich drained cornfields which now fill up that black half-mile[.]"

  2. 2
    One who builds stone walls, usually dry-stone without lime. Northern-England, Scotland

Example

More examples

"Their armour and weapons were found at times, by delvers and dykers, for centuries after; are found at times unto this day, beneath the rich drained cornfields which now fill up that black half-mile[.]"

Etymology

From dike + -er.

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