What are Digs?

Question

Where does the expression "finding/staying in Digs" come from?

Answer 1

In British usage, to be in digs is to live in a room in a house with shared facilities, frequently with meals supplied by the landlady. It’s typically a lodging for students or young unmarried men and women.

It’s short for diggings, which is the older word for the same idea. That derives—as you might guess—from a place where one digs, a word that goes back to the sixteenth century. Many books argue that the original diggings linked to the accommodation sense were the gold fields of California and Australia. We do know that the Australian nickname digger comes from this area of life and so it’s sometimes assumed that the word is likewise Australian, though all the early evidence is American and the term predates both these gold rushes anyway. But there is a gold fields connection.

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Answer 2

What Are Digs

Answer 3

Depending on the context the word is used in, 'digs' can mean many things. (Your reference is # 1 )

1. A place to live "Saddam's digs consisted of a hidey-hole infested with spiders and candy wrappers"

2. Archaeological excavations "The digs uncovered priceless artifacts"

3. Snide remarks or insults "He's always making digs at my character"

4. To like or enjoy something "He really digs the band"

5. To scratch an itch "He digs at his mosquito bites"

Answer 4

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What are Digs?
Where does the expression "finding/staying in Digs" come from?

Answer 5

In British usage, to be in digs is to live in a room in a house with shared facilities, frequently with meals supplied by the landlady. It’s typically a lodging for students or young unmarried men and women

Answer 6

A place to stay while you are away form Home!

I would of thought it could have come from the Army, E.G. "Dig in lad's" = to dig in the ground for cover!

Answer 7

Nothing to do with gardening, it's a students' expression for a rented room, sharing facilities with the rest of the household.

Answer 8

The dictionary defines it as " temporary living quarters", my gran always called the boarding house we stayed in on holiday "the digs" , my uncle lodged at a house and called it his"digs" I still call the places we stay when on holiday "digs". My grandchildren ask me why "digs" and I do not know why. How did it start? is it short for something else ? what is its origin? if you find out please let me know !!!!!!!!

Answer 9

Place to live

Answer 10

Student accomodation - its where we all dig it and hang out man!