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sand·hog

 (sănd′hôg′, -hŏg′)
n. Slang
A laborer who works inside a caisson, as in the construction of underwater tunnels.
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sandhog

(ˈsændˌhɒɡ)
n
(Building) chiefly US and Canadian a person who works in underground or underwater construction projects
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sand•hog

(ˈsændˌhɒg, -ˌhɔg)

n.
a person who works in a caisson in digging underwater tunnels.
[1900–05, Amer.]
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Among secondary yield component significant positive correlation between seed yield and its component was reported in number of branches per plant by Sandhog [18].
The association of rhythms with digging and of music with the subway tunnels, however, extends Flannery's analysis beyond music to the poetic influence of Seamus Heaney's poem, "Digging," on McCann's portrayal of Walker's sandhog duties (104).
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One wrote about being a sandhog who worked on the Lincoln Tunnel in New York City.