sand-hog

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noun A man who works in a caisson or in foundation-work, under air-pressure under water or elsewhere, digging in the sand or silt of river- or harbor-bottoms. Also called ground-hog.

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But beneath his surface hardness there lies a desire to reach for the highest in artistic expression, and the desire is still there in spite of the battering Ryan took during the depression, when he took such odd jobs as sand-hog, seaman, chauffeur, bill-collector and laborer.

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He has been a sand-hog on every tunnel job about the city since the first successful tunnel was completed.

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