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nouna person who seeks or digs for gold in a gold field. Informal. a woman who associates with or marries a man chiefly for material gain. Origin of gold diggerAn Americanism dating back to 1820–30 Words nearby gold diggergold certificate, gold chloride, Gold Coast, goldcrest, goldcup, gold digger, gold digging, gold disc, gold dust, golden, golden age Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gold diggerIn straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around. Freaking Out About Age Gaps in Gay Relationships Is Homophobic|Samantha Allen|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST You go for your gold-digger lessons, then you go get waxed and tanned. Russia’s Gold Digger Academy|Peter Pomerantsev|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST New York Post columnist Andrea Peyser called her a gold-digger who “flirted like a tart” with Cain. A Flood of Harassment Horror Stories After the Herman Cain Allegations|Lauren Ashburn|November 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST She also had hopes of becoming a child psychiatrist and was concerned about appearing to be a “gold-digger.” The Mysterious Mrs. Woods|Jacob Bernstein|November 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Only one short glance he gives them; another to a pistol which hangs holstered on the hip of a gold-digger guarding him. The Flag of Distress|Mayne Reid The gold-digger throws aside his pick in despair at the very point where another stroke would have turned up the ore. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I|Marcus Dods Lois will simply put up barrels of money, without missing them, and give a grand job to a little Broadway gold-digger. Murder at Bridge|Anne Austin Mr. Green was an English gold-digger, and was travelling along the main road to his home at Spitzcop. The Last Boer War|H. Rider Haggard A Californian gold-digger, having become rich, desired a friend to procure for him a library of books. The American Joe Miller|Various
British Dictionary definitions for gold digger
nouna person who prospects or digs for gold informal a woman who uses her sexual attractions to accumulate gifts and wealth or advance her social position Derived forms of gold-diggergold-digging, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to gold diggerbloodsucker, leech, parasite, sponge, user, exploiter, forty-niner, mineworker |