digs
noun/dɪɡz/
/dɪɡz/
[plural] (old-fashioned, informal)- a room or rooms that you rent to live in
- I shared digs with him for two years.
- It was difficult to get digs in Manchester because there were so many students.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: short for diggings, used in the same sense, probably referring to the land where a farmer digs, i.e. works and, by extension, lives.Want to learn more?
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