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- noun US, archaeology A professional
excavator oncultural resource management projects, who has done extensive field work. - verb US, archaeology To
excavate , to doarchaeology digs .
Etymologies
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From the Old English words scofl (shovel; an excavating machine) and American English bum (with no settled residence)
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