Diggle

/Diggel/
Noun: a diggle is a an accumulated array of junk, trinkets, or treasures, such as found at a garage sale or in ones basement. Diggle can contain useless junk or valuable items. Some people are drawn to diggle as they are looking for that diamond in the rough. People who antique are looking for that overlooked piece amongst all diggle for collecting purposes.

Verb: to diggle
Diggling can be an activity that describes a person searching through a closet, junk drawer, yard sale, basement or any other location containing a worthwhile amount of diggle. "We diggled that closet and didn't find anything we were looking for, but that sure was a lengthy diggle. We spent hours diggling".

Adjective:
Used to described a person. A person can have a natural inclination to diggle or knack for diggling. "Martha calls herself a creative artist, but she is just a diggling fool never finding just the right accessory".
ORIGIN:
Orginating in Tacoma WA at the height of the 70s, diggle was often used to describe those who were under the influence of meth and occupied their days searching through junk and other people's belongings in hopes of finding valuables they could exchange for more dope. Currently, diggle has lost the negative connotation and has come to mean any person or thing that relentlessly searches through things. The TV show Storage Wars, for example, demonstrates how many digglers make their livelihood diggling other people's abandoned diggle.

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