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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gold digging¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Ashley has attacked the legal side of gold-digging in the past, without naming names.

From The Daily Beast

He sighed for more congenial employment, meditated much over the subject, and finally resolved to give up gold-digging.

From Project Gutenberg

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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