noun

• An experienced soldier in the Second World War.

  More example sentences

  • ‘all of us new reinforcements learned the language of the grim digs’
  • ‘A Grim Dig had to quickly dive for cover.’
  • ‘He was known as Wig to many a Grim Dig of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.’
  • ‘Some of the best sources of slang could be determined from talking to one of the Grim-digs.’
  • ‘I've seen grim digs in Africa's accursed desert nearly weep at the sudden sight of her familiar face.’
  • ‘As the evening wore on, the Grim Digs became only faintly discernible by the light of their Africa Stars.’