| 单词 | pocket hunter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspocket hunter pocket hunter n. a prospector who seeks out gold in pockets (sense A. 7a) (in quot. 1872 in extended use). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > prospector > type of garimpeiro1812 pocket hunter1872 pocket miner1872 brine-smeller1878 grub-staker1880 sourdough1898 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It lx. 438 The hogs are good pocket hunters. 1906 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 159/1 They [sc. prospectors] include the ‘pocket-hunter’ who disdains to search for gold except in the form of pockets. 2000 R. F. Ewan Land Between 90 Before 1859, the Numu had had only limited interaction with a few pocket hunters—lone prospectors searching for shallow ore-rich crevices in the earth—and early explorers. < as lemmas |
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