单词 | night fossicker |
释义 | > as lemmasnight fossicker night fossicker n. Australian (now historical) a nocturnal thief of gold dust or quartz. ΚΠ 1853 C. R. Read Austral. Gold Fields 150 The man was what they called a night fossicker, who slept, or did nothing during the day, and then went round at night to where he knew the claims to be rich, and stole the stuff by candle-light. 1867 J. S. Borlase (title) The night fossickers. < as lemmas |
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