Diggory Venn

Diggory Venn, fictional character, a reddleman (someone who delivers the red dye that farmers use to mark their sheep) who figures in Thomas Hardy’s novel The Return of the Native (1878).

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Article Title: Diggory Venn
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 15 February 2011
Access Date: February 22, 2025