ditcher
/ˈdɪtʃər/
noun
- A person who digs or maintains ditches.
- Our neighbor hired a ditcher to dig a trench for the new water line.
- The old ditcher used a shovel, but modern workers use machines.
- The ditcher worked all morning to clear the drainage canal.
- A machine used for digging ditches.
- A large ditcher carved a deep channel along the roadside.
- The construction crew brought in a ditcher to speed up the work.
- The farmer rented a ditcher to improve irrigation on his fields.
- A person who abandons or leaves someone or something (informal).
- He was known as a ditcher because he never stayed in one job for long.
- Don't be a ditcher — finish what you start.
- She called him a ditcher after he left the team right before the big game.