Sandhog

Word SANDHOG
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Definitions and meanings of "Sandhog"

What do we mean by sandhog?

A laborer who works inside a caisson, as in the construction of underwater tunnels. noun

A person employed to dig tunnels. noun

A person employed to dig tunnels.

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The word "sandhog" in example sentences

Mary Altaffer/Associated Press TUNNELING THROUGH: A subway construction worker, known as a 'sandhog,' worked on the tracks in the Second Avenue subway construction project Thursday in New York. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In today's pictures, people listen to a speech by India's prime minister, a Libyan rebel fighter receives medical aid, a 'sandhog' works on a new subway line in New York and more. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In a few days, stone cold sober, he will have died of pneumonia looking for a job as a sandhog. ❋ Jacqueline T Lynch (2009)

With no formal training, he relied mainly on intuition, his childhood memories of exploring the work of ancient Rome, and his more recent experiences as an East Coast sandhog. ❋ Arnie Cooper (2008)

His roughneck Irish face fit right in with the sandhog getup. ❋ Robert K. Tanenbaum (2002)

I can show you figures that prove it's safer to be a sandhog in the Moon than it is to be a file clerk in Des Moines-all things considered. ❋ Heinlein, Robert A. (1967)

A young sandhog dies after collapse of a railroad tunnel deep under Park Ave., despite his father's heroic efforts. ❋ JOHN DOYLE (2011)

A young sandhog was killed Thursday night in the collapse of a railroad tunnel deep under Park Ave., despite his father's heroic efforts to save him. ❋ PETE DONOHUE (2011)

Son dies in LIRR tunnel collapse despite father's efforts to save him Father frantically tried to revive son with CPR A young sandhog was killed Thursday night in the collapse of a railroad tunnel deep under Park Ave., despite his father's heroic efforts to save him, a source told The Daily News. ❋ BRIAN KATES (2011)

The rumor inspired sandhog Lorenzo Cali, 27, a fresh immigrant from Italy. ❋ DAVID J. KRAJICEK (2011)

Dad fails in desperate bid to save son in collapse, concrete crushes sandhog son in tunnel 'I tried to save his life,' says dad. ❋ PETE DONOHUE (2011)

"I watched it happen, and I tried to save his life, and I couldn't," sandhog superintendent ❋ PETE DONOHUE (2011)

Last week we reported that our favorite piece of sandhog hardware, the massive Tunnel Boring Machine ❋ John Del Signore (2010)

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