diker

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Etymology

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From dike +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Homophone: duiker

Noun

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diker (plural dikers)

  1. One who digs or works on dykes; a ditcher.
    • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 28, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 386:
      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. (Scotland, Northern England) One who builds stone walls, usually dry-stone without lime.

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