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/ˈsændhɒɡ/ · noun
(US, slang, also figuratively) 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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Sandhog means (US, slang, also figuratively) A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water..
Common synonyms include sandhogger.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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