Definitions

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  • noun One who makes tunnels.
  • noun A device for making tunnels.

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Examples

  • But Jessica Ornitz, our terraformer and tunneler, will soon get to work on molding the stone to our purposes.

    "Deep in your veins, I will not lie." greygirlbeast 2008

  • Less like an escape tunnel and more like a mole tunnel where the tunneler noses enough dirt aside and packs it loosely into the walls and ceiling just so he or she can pass through and the devil take the hindmost.

    Refugees 2009

  • Less like an escape tunnel and more like a mole tunnel where the tunneler noses enough dirt aside and packs it loosely into the walls and ceiling just so he or she can pass through and the devil take the hindmost.

    Refugees 2009

  • He followed the tunneler up the grade, finding it steep enough to be difficult.

    Hellgate London Covenant Mel Odom 2008

  • The afternoon I spent in the 18 spidery crawlspace underneath my kitchen, feeling a lot like Charles Bronson's character in the Great Escape -- you know, the tunneler with claustrophobia.

    Hope You Enjoyed Your Day David Wharton 2007

  • The afternoon I spent in the 18 spidery crawlspace underneath my kitchen, feeling a lot like Charles Bronson's character in the Great Escape -- you know, the tunneler with claustrophobia.

    Archive 2007-09-01 David Wharton 2007

  • It did not take a lot of crunch nor require the services of a box tunneler to access information on Cleator Mockerkin.

    The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002

  • Meanwhile, the more advanced Five Moons moravec scientists and engineers would divert cutting-edge technology from their interstellar program to the building of a quantum-tunneler and wormhole stabilizer of their own.

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • In the limited glow he saw the first tunneler clearly enough.

    The Time Traders Andre Norton 1958

  • Abu Qusay, the almost certainly false name provided by the tunneler who granted this correspondent access to one hole, said the tunnels take three to six months to dig by hand and machine, and can stretch for 800 meters.

    NYT > Global Home 2009

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