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Select digger (4)

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I believe the answer is:

pick

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This clue might be a double definition.

'select' is the first definition.
(picking is a kind of selecting)

'digger' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

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(Other definitions for pick that I've seen before include "tool - it breaks" , "Select - implement" , "Pluck" , "tool for breaking rocks" , "Choose, select" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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