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grave digger

NOUN
undertaker
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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 1969 image of a basement being dug for a new home in Colorado Springs equates the large, rectangular hole with a grave, and the man standing in it with a grave digger.

From Washington Post Jun. 27, 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

By the time he was done tallying the accessories, including gloves for the grave digger, the total cost was astronomical.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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