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gold digging
noun
- the work of digging for gold.
- gold diggings, a region where digging or seeking for gold, especially by placer mining, is carried on.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gold digging1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
Ashley has attacked the legal side of gold-digging in the past, without naming names.
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He sighed for more congenial employment, meditated much over the subject, and finally resolved to give up gold-digging.
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When the goldfields were discovered, I turned to gold-digging; and between that and bullock-driving I have spent all my time.
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Footnote 4: This sticking the pick in the ground is an honoured gold-digging custom.
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For four or five years gold digging had been on the average a fairly remunerative occupation.
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He found that, in the hill region to the north, gold digging was carried on to a considerable extent.
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