gold-findern.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊldˌfʌɪndə/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊldˌfaɪndər/

Forms: see gold n.¹ and adj. and finder n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gold n.¹, finder n.

Etymology: < gold n.¹ + finder n.In sense 2 apparently with allusion to the supposed expectation of finding coins in privies (compare quot. 1685); perhaps compare old gold n. 1.

1. A person who finds or discovers gold; spec. a person who uses particular skills or knowledge to find gold.In quot. 1631: a grave-robber.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > prospector > for gold or diamonds

gold-finder1578

fossicker1852

Klondiker1897

sniper1902

pork-knocker1910

1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya i. 51 It [sc. a piece of black stone] was brought to certain Goldfinders in London, to make assay therof, who indeed found it to hold gold... Afterwards, the same Goldfinders..offred themselues to aduenture for the serching of those partes from whence the same was brought.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 51 The graue-rakers, these gold-finders are called theeues.

1795 Barrington's Voy. New S. Wales viii. 59 The gold-finder..was then interrogated respecting the ore which he had produced.

1852 G. B. Earp Gold Colonies Austral. viii. 130 The camp of the goldfinders was called the city of Ophir.

1944 F. Clune Red Heart 17 He was satisfied in his own mind that the legendary goldfinder was really dead.

1992 Isis 83 146/1 Murchison..as geological explorer of Russia and friend of the czar; as ‘the Goldfinder’, the self-proclaimed authority on the occurrence of gold.

2015 Bendigo (Victoria) Advertiser (Nexis) 15 May It's a..gold finder's haven... A lot of people go there to find central Victorian gold, which still washes up on the beach.

2. A person employed to empty cesspools, outdoor privies, etc. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > emptying or cleaning of privies > [noun] > one who

gong farmerc1302

dung farmer1546

nightman1579

jakes farmer1591

jakes barreller1596

lantern-man1599

gold-finder1611

poleman1615

night-farmer1620

jakesman1630

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Guigneron, a Gold-finder, a Dung-farmer.

1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice ii. 10 A Gold-finder Madam? look into Jakes for bits o' money? I had a Spirit above it.

1713 Capt. Bland Northern Atalantis 9 An old gambling Cock-loft, which stunk as bad as..an House of Office when the Gold-finders are emptying it.

1755 Man No. 13. 6 My cart..might, in imitation of..the gold-finders, wait at the doors of persons of fashion, to take in a loading privately..when the prying vulgar are asleep.

1829 Leicester Chron. 4 Apr. Like the gold finder, who, it is said, smells little or nothing of the odours which frequently salute his olfactory nerves!

1896 G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. at Gold-dust The name gold-finder or gold-farmer, given as late as the seventeenth century to the cleaners of privies.., still lingers in Shrewsbury.

1975 G. Legman Rationale of Dirty Joke II. xv. 921 The creation of sewers..almost entirely did away with the former profession of privy-cleaner, having been preceded by the ‘night-man’ or ‘Tom Turdman’, politely known as the gold-finder.

2007 J. Forgeng Daily Life Stuart Eng. vi. 139 These pits were periodically cleaned out by ‘jakes farmers’, sometimes known as ‘goldfinders’, who carted the waste to laystalls.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	gold-finder
释义	gold-findern. Brit. /ˈɡəʊldˌfʌɪndə/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊldˌfaɪndər/ Forms: see gold n.¹ and adj. and finder n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gold n.¹, finder n. Etymology: < gold n.¹ + finder n.In sense 2 apparently with allusion to the supposed expectation of finding coins in privies (compare quot. 1685); perhaps compare old gold n. 1. 1. A person who finds or discovers gold; spec. a person who uses particular skills or knowledge to find gold.In quot. 1631: a grave-robber. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > prospector > for gold or diamonds gold-finder1578 fossicker1852 Klondiker1897 sniper1902 pork-knocker1910 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya i. 51 It [sc. a piece of black stone] was brought to certain Goldfinders in London, to make assay therof, who indeed found it to hold gold... Afterwards, the same Goldfinders..offred themselues to aduenture for the serching of those partes from whence the same was brought. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 51 The graue-rakers, these gold-finders are called theeues. 1795 Barrington's Voy. New S. Wales viii. 59 The gold-finder..was then interrogated respecting the ore which he had produced. 1852 G. B. Earp Gold Colonies Austral. viii. 130 The camp of the goldfinders was called the city of Ophir. 1944 F. Clune Red Heart 17 He was satisfied in his own mind that the legendary goldfinder was really dead. 1992 Isis 83 146/1 Murchison..as geological explorer of Russia and friend of the czar; as ‘the Goldfinder’, the self-proclaimed authority on the occurrence of gold. 2015 Bendigo (Victoria) Advertiser (Nexis) 15 May It's a..gold finder's haven... A lot of people go there to find central Victorian gold, which still washes up on the beach. 2. A person employed to empty cesspools, outdoor privies, etc. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > emptying or cleaning of privies > [noun] > one who gong farmerc1302 dung farmer1546 nightman1579 jakes farmer1591 jakes barreller1596 lantern-man1599 gold-finder1611 poleman1615 night-farmer1620 jakesman1630 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Guigneron, a Gold-finder, a Dung-farmer. 1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice ii. 10 A Gold-finder Madam? look into Jakes for bits o' money? I had a Spirit above it. 1713 Capt. Bland Northern Atalantis 9 An old gambling Cock-loft, which stunk as bad as..an House of Office when the Gold-finders are emptying it. 1755 Man No. 13. 6 My cart..might, in imitation of..the gold-finders, wait at the doors of persons of fashion, to take in a loading privately..when the prying vulgar are asleep. 1829 Leicester Chron. 4 Apr. Like the gold finder, who, it is said, smells little or nothing of the odours which frequently salute his olfactory nerves! 1896 G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. at Gold-dust The name gold-finder or gold-farmer, given as late as the seventeenth century to the cleaners of privies.., still lingers in Shrewsbury. 1975 G. Legman Rationale of Dirty Joke II. xv. 921 The creation of sewers..almost entirely did away with the former profession of privy-cleaner, having been preceded by the ‘night-man’ or ‘Tom Turdman’, politely known as the gold-finder. 2007 J. Forgeng Daily Life Stuart Eng. vi. 139 These pits were periodically cleaned out by ‘jakes farmers’, sometimes known as ‘goldfinders’, who carted the waste to laystalls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1578
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