单词 | coyote diggings |
释义 | > as lemmascoyote diggings coyote diggings n. small shafts sunk by miners in California, compared to the holes of the coyote. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > shaft > like coyote holes coyote diggings1850 coyote hole1851 1850 San Francisco Picayune 31 Aug. 3/1 There are Coyoto Diggings..from which, at the depth of from 17 to 25 feet, $23,000 have been taken out in two days. 1857 J. D. Borthwick Three Years in Calif. 138 The coyote diggings require to be very rich to pay. 1948 New Mexico Q. Rev. Summer 199 In mining lingo of early California, derived from the Mexicans, ‘coyote holes’ or ‘coyote diggings’ were small drift tunnels. < as lemmas |
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