sandhog
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sandhog
- /ˈsændhɒɡ/ UK
- /ˈsændhɔɡ/ US
Where it comes from
From sand + hog, perhaps alluding to a hog (“animal of the Suidae family, especially a boar, pig, or warthog”) digging in sand.
noun sandhogs · sand hog · sand-hog
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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 cons
Similar: sandhogger
verb sandhogs · sandhogging · sandhogged
- To work at digging tunnels, or (more generally) underground or under water.
Translations
Talk about this word "sandhog." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sandhog. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. sandhog. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sandhog "sandhog." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sandhog.Cite this
@misc{sandhog_2026,
title = {sandhog},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sandhog},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
