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Definition of badger digging in English:
badger digging
noun
BritishThe (now illegal) practice of sending a dog into a sett to locate a badger, which is then captured by digging into the sett; an instance of this.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle.
