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rock-hog
Mining, Slang
a tunnel-worker; tunneller; also, sometimes, a driller.
See also:
rock worm
1935
 
"You've been awful durned good to us rock-hogs."
1954
 
They spoke of dynamite and flying rock responsible for the death of many a "rock-hog."