WordNet
post-hole digger
n. a shovel used to sink postholes [syn: posthole digger]
Usage examples of "post-hole digger".
He had been attaching the motor to the post-hole digger while they talked.
He rode to the springs and found them dried up, and he drove his post-hole digger deep into the ground without finding damp soil.
While he went to get the post-hole digger from his shed, I opened the carton.
Get a gasoline post-hole digger and rattle away at this like a guy making radiators.