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Diggers - a colloquial term for spurs
Interesting tidbit - the Chinese first invented spurs thousands of years ago and became used in Greece around 430 BC.
Other terms for spurs: can openers, gads, grappling irons, hell rousers and hooks
Source:
The Cowboy Encyclopedia by Richard W Slatta; ISBN#0-87436-738-7
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