A hand gesture featuring an extended middle finger, which symbolizes the term "Fuck you!" and is usually used to express extreme contempt or rejection of the recipient. Differs from "Flipping the Bird", which refers to the literal gesture itself, in that "The Big Digit" is euphemistically employed more to refer to the sentiment behind the gesture in polite company.
"I used to friends with Todd, but we haven't hung outwith that jerk since I loaned him that $200 and then got The Big Digit when I asked for it back."
Your sister: Day-um! Who's that dude? He looks strapped.
Me: Looks like Big Nick Digger if you ask me.
Your sister: Hells yeah! I'm about to find out fo-sho! If I'm walking funny tomorrow, you'll know why!
3) can also be used to describe people who unscrupulously nick (i.e. stealing money, in British English) and then dig it.
4) can also be described people who legally dig big nicks , i.e make big sums of money
Bernard Madoff, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Fouquet, Conrad Black are some legendary names among big nick diggers. However, all these individuals, except Fouquet, were sentenced to prison by a jury of their peers for corruption