diggings

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

diggings
    n 1: an excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology
         [syn: {diggings}, {digs}]
    2: temporary living quarters [syn: {diggings}, {digs},
       {domiciliation}, {lodgings}, {pad}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

diggings \diggings\ n.
   temporary living quarters.

   Syn: digs, domiciliation, lodgings, pad.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "diggings":
      abysm, abyss, accommodations, bank, berth, chasm, coal mine,
      colliery, dig, digs, excavation, gold mine, gulf, housing,
      living quarters, lodging, lodgings, lodgment, mine, open cut,
      opencast, pit, quarry, quarters, rooms, roost, shaft, shelter,
      sleeping place, well, workings

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