pay dirtn.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪ dəːt/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪ ˌdərt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pay n., dirt n.

Etymology: < pay n. + dirt n. With sense 1 compare pay streak n. at pay n. Compounds 2.

Chiefly North American.

1. Mining. Ground containing ore in sufficient quantity to be profitably extracted.

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society > trade and finance > money > [noun]

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lovely jubbly1990

scrilla1994

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > earth > [noun] > dirt containing profitable metals or minerals

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1853 N.-Y. Daily Times 23 June 3/3 Tunneling Companies are numerous in and around Sonora... The pay dirt yields $3 in the pan.

1856 Porter's Spirit of Times 6 Sept. 13/1 On the Merced the miners are doing well, many getting out pay-dirt in their drift that will pay big.

1866 Dublin Rev. Jan. 10 Even officers of men-of-war were seized by the gold mania, and ‘ran’ to soil their white hands in the precious ‘pay-dirt’.

1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 87 An exception to the general rule of the ‘pay’ dirt lying nearest the bed-rock. In this claim the pay-lead is many feet above the bed-rock.

1948 A. Huxley Ape & Essence (1949) 132 We see Loola standing in a three-foot hole wearily digging... ‘When you hit the pay dirt..come and report to us.’

1973 C. Callow Power from Sea ii. 60 The thickness of the ‘pay dirt’—that is the width of the sand in which the gas was contained.

2. figurative. Profit; success. Frequently in to hit (also strike, etc.) pay dirt: to achieve profit or success.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > have good fortune

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urec1440

to fall on (also upon) one's feet1574

to fall on (also upon) one's legs1723

to strike it rich1834

to strike oil1860

to luck out1902

to hit the jackpot1910

to bottom on (also upon) gold1926

to strike lucky1951

to hit (also strike, etc.) pay dirt1953

to land on one's feet1958

1882 Dover Weekly Argus (Canal Dover, Ohio) 13 July 3/6 The poor farmers of the east have struck ‘pay dirt’..with their plows and hoes... All kinds of provisions are necessarily in great demand..in the mining camps, villages, or cities of the far West.

1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 60/2 He lives..in a style that proves that he has lots of pay dirt somewhere.

1913 Amer. Mag. Mar. 84/1 New York land is ‘pay dirt’—because every year more and more people want it, need it, must have it.

1935 Motion Picture Nov. 46/2 Frances Langford, the cutie whose ‘pay dirt’ reaches $1,000 per week.

1953 Economist 24 Oct. 248 Senator McCarthy may have struck pay-dirt at last.

1977 Rolling Stone 21 Apr. 88/3 Bowie hits celestial pay dirt on one of the pieces.

2003 Independent 26 June (Review section) 5/2 Robin..had been looking for love on the internet for some time. Last November, it seemed that at last she had, as they say, hit pay dirt.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pay dirt
释义	pay dirtn. Brit. /ˈpeɪ dəːt/, U.S. /ˈpeɪ ˌdərt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pay n., dirt n. Etymology: < pay n. + dirt n. With sense 1 compare pay streak n. at pay n. Compounds 2. Chiefly North American. 1. Mining. Ground containing ore in sufficient quantity to be profitably extracted. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > [noun] silverc825 feec870 pennieseOE wortheOE mintOE scata1122 spense?c1225 spendinga1290 sumc1300 gooda1325 moneya1325 cattlec1330 muckc1330 reasona1382 pecunyc1400 gilt1497 argentc1500 gelta1529 Mammon1539 ale silver1541 scruff1559 the sinews of war1560 sterling1565 lour1567 will-do-all1583 shell1591 trasha1592 quinyie1596 brass1597 pecuniary1604 dust1607 nomisma1614 countera1616 cross and pilea1625 gingerbreada1625 rhinoa1628 cash1646 grig1657 spanker1663 cole1673 goree1699 mopus1699 quid1699 ribbin1699 bustle1763 necessary1772 stuff1775 needfula1777 iron1785 (the) Spanish1788 pecuniar1793 kelter1807 dibs1812 steven1812 pewter1814 brad1819 pogue1819 rent1823 stumpy1828 posh1830 L. S. D.1835 rivetc1835 tin1836 mint sauce1839 nobbins1846 ochre1846 dingbat1848 dough1848 cheese1850 California1851 mali1851 ducat1853 pay dirt1853 boodle?1856 dinero1856 scad1856 the shiny1856 spondulicks1857 rust1858 soap1860 sugar1862 coin1874 filthy1876 wampum1876 ooftish1877 shekel1883 oil1885 oof1885 mon1888 Jack1890 sploshc1890 bees and honey1892 spending-brass1896 stiff1897 mazuma1900 mazoom1901 cabbage1903 lettuce1903 Oscar Asche1905 jingle1906 doubloons1908 kale1912 scratch1914 green1917 oscar1917 snow1925 poke1926 oodle1930 potatos1931 bread1935 moolah1936 acker1939 moo1941 lolly1943 loot1943 poppy1943 mazoola1944 dosh1953 bickies1966 lovely jubbly1990 scrilla1994 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > earth > [noun] > dirt containing profitable metals or minerals pay dirt1853 1853 N.-Y. Daily Times 23 June 3/3 Tunneling Companies are numerous in and around Sonora... The pay dirt yields $3 in the pan. 1856 Porter's Spirit of Times 6 Sept. 13/1 On the Merced the miners are doing well, many getting out pay-dirt in their drift that will pay big. 1866 Dublin Rev. Jan. 10 Even officers of men-of-war were seized by the gold mania, and ‘ran’ to soil their white hands in the precious ‘pay-dirt’. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 87 An exception to the general rule of the ‘pay’ dirt lying nearest the bed-rock. In this claim the pay-lead is many feet above the bed-rock. 1948 A. Huxley Ape & Essence (1949) 132 We see Loola standing in a three-foot hole wearily digging... ‘When you hit the pay dirt..come and report to us.’ 1973 C. Callow Power from Sea ii. 60 The thickness of the ‘pay dirt’—that is the width of the sand in which the gas was contained. 2. figurative. Profit; success. Frequently in to hit (also strike, etc.) pay dirt: to achieve profit or success. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > prosper or flourish [verb (intransitive)] > have good fortune light?c1225 urec1440 to fall on (also upon) one's feet1574 to fall on (also upon) one's legs1723 to strike it rich1834 to strike oil1860 to luck out1902 to hit the jackpot1910 to bottom on (also upon) gold1926 to strike lucky1951 to hit (also strike, etc.) pay dirt1953 to land on one's feet1958 1882 Dover Weekly Argus (Canal Dover, Ohio) 13 July 3/6 The poor farmers of the east have struck ‘pay dirt’..with their plows and hoes... All kinds of provisions are necessarily in great demand..in the mining camps, villages, or cities of the far West. 1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 60/2 He lives..in a style that proves that he has lots of pay dirt somewhere. 1913 Amer. Mag. Mar. 84/1 New York land is ‘pay dirt’—because every year more and more people want it, need it, must have it. 1935 Motion Picture Nov. 46/2 Frances Langford, the cutie whose ‘pay dirt’ reaches $1,000 per week. 1953 Economist 24 Oct. 248 Senator McCarthy may have struck pay-dirt at last. 1977 Rolling Stone 21 Apr. 88/3 Bowie hits celestial pay dirt on one of the pieces. 2003 Independent 26 June (Review section) 5/2 Robin..had been looking for love on the internet for some time. Last November, it seemed that at last she had, as they say, hit pay dirt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853
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