grave digger
Example Sentences
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Nesbitt, who grew up near Rochester, N.Y., worked as a grave digger in high school.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
A grave digger in Boston took time off during the day to watch the hearings at a bar to get “an education.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2022
Asked last year about deaths from the virus he replied "that's a question for a grave digger".
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2021
Festival entertainer Scott Murray of Crystal started out a peasant, became a grave digger and now is Garrik the Viking.
From Washington Times • May 28, 2016
When the committal was over, Turner told his parents he would stay to help the grave digger.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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