ditch : Idioms & Phrases
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ditch digger
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noun a laborer who digs ditches
mud digger.
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ditch fern
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noun large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
French bracken; royal osmund; royal fern; Osmunda regalis; king fern.
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ditch reed
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noun tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts
common reed; carrizo; Phragmites communis.
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ditch spade
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noun a spade with a long handle for digging narrow ditches
long-handled spade.
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drainage ditch
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noun a ditch for carrying off excess water or sewage
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irrigation ditch
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noun a ditch to supply dry land with water artificially
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last-ditch
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adjective satellite of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster)
- a last-ditch attempt
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To die in the last ditch
- to fight till death; to die rather than surrender.
"There is one certain way," replied the Prince [William of Orange] " by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin, I will die in the last ditch." Hume (Hist. of Eng. ).
