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gold digging

noun

  1. the work of digging for gold.
  2. 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

But as it is, our men are kept busy searching for gold, digging sassafras, and making clapboard, glass, pitch, tar, and soap-ashes to ship back to England, in the hopes that something in the lot will make a profit for the Virginia Company.

On Wednesday, one of the texts that Mr. Depp was confronted with included his saying of Ms. Heard in 2016, “I have no mercy, no fear and not an ounce of emotion, or what I once thought was love for this gold digging, low level, dime a dozen, mushy, pointless dangling overused flappy fish market.”

"I have no mercy, no fear and not an ounce of emotion or what I once thought was love for this gold digging, low level, dime a dozen, mushy, pointless dangling overused flappy fish market . . . I can only hope that karma kicks in and takes the gift of breath from her . . . Sorry man . . . But NOW I will stop at nothing!!!"

From Salon

They included topics about attention deficit disorder and cognitive behavioural therapy, but also "how to fight dark reoccurring thoughts", "12 clues a relationship with a parent is toxic", "five ways to free yourself from dark and oppressive thoughts", and "revenge on gold digging mother".

From BBC

“It should say gold digging, not good digging.”

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