Digs
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place. Lodgings. From diggings.
Diggings
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The action performed by a person or thing that digs.Late 19th and early 20th C: accommodations; lodgings; the precursor to the slang 'digs'.In the US, in the same time period: establishment.