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excavators

n. (plural of excavator English)

Usage examples of "excavators".

It is insulting to us—us, the finest excavators in the profession—allowed only to clear tombs other archaeologists have abandoned as unworthy of interest.

It is under such piles of man-made debris that excavators hope to find forgotten tomb entrances.

Many excavators do not pause for breakfast until after they have been at work for several hours.

Emerson is one of the few excavators in the business who derives as much pleasure from the humble minutiae of archaeology as from impressive temples and rich tombs.

Lacking coal, the French had fueled their giant excavators with bitumen-soaked mummies, stacked like cordwood and sold by the ton.