From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdigsdigs[plural]DHB British English old-fashioned a room that you pay rent to live inin digs He’s 42 and still living in digs. → dig
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living in digs• Had Becky got there before him, he wondered, even if she were only living in digs?• He's nearly forty-two, you know, and still living in digs!• Students will benefit: those living in digs or halls of residence will no longer have to pay anything. 