cratedigger
/ˈkɹeɪtˌdɪɡəɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who habitually looks through crates of vinyl records at music shops, especially in pursuit of interesting or rare records.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "Serious vinyl collectors will have a minor epiphany at Car City Classics[…], where notorious crate-diggers like the UK's Kirk Degiorgio (a.k.a. As One) have been known to close the store."
- "Our audience tends to be what I would call ‘crate diggers’—people who like digging for new stuff."
- "A little crate-diggers’ paradise for collectors of Latin and easy listening music on vinyl."
- "Long a crate-digger’s grail and never before available on CD, this is one obscurity that really lives up to the hype."
- "But it was a chance encounter with Gilles Peterson, an influential U.K. radio personality and cratedigger with a knack for discovering raw talent, that helped move his [José James's] career into high gear."
- "The Beehive is half of a two-room shop that also contains Casbah Records, where cratediggers can flick through stacks of vinyl records while their friends or partners try on clothes next door."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɹeɪtˌdɪɡəɹ/
- British English: /ˈkɹeɪtdɪɡə/