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
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
A suspicious object was uncovered by a grave digger in the cemetery of St John's Catholic Church on Laurelhill Road in Coleraine.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2014
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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