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单词 to hold down a claim
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to hold down a claim
2. Mining (U.S. and Australia). to hold down a claim (also absol. to hold down): ‘to reside on a section or tract of land long enough to establish a claim to ownership under the homestead law’ ( C.D.).
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [verb (intransitive)] > claim right to possession > by occupancy of land
to hold down a claim1888
society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > mark out claim > guard (claim)
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to hold down1888
1888 Harper's Mag. July 236/1 A lone and unprotected female ‘holding down a claim’.
1893 Eng. Illustr. Mag. 10 324/1 In mining slang Pilbarra did not ‘hold down’, and the place was ultimately almost deserted.
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