| 单词 | gum-digging |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgum-digging gum-digging n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] dental surgery1826 dentology1835 dentistry1838 gum-digging1932 1932 A. S. Bruce Early Days of Canterbury xii. 135 Purdie the Dentist..was..among the leading practitioners in the somewhat primitive days of the art of ‘gum digging’. gum-digging gum-digging n. the occupation of a gum-digger. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > for other specific substance gemming1859 gum-digging1871 gouging1902 1871 McLean Papers XXXVII. 72 (MS.) Paora Toki..is gone gum-digging up the Thames. 1879 J. Grey His Island Home iv. 34 A great many of the natives abandoned their kaingas and went gum-digging, when that article brought a high price. 1892 Star 13 July 1/8 He picked up a precarious livelihood by gum-digging. < as lemmas |
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