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ˈgold-field
A district or region in which gold is found. Also attrib.
1852Earp Gold Col. Australia viii. 129 The gold fields of New South Wales. 1858T. McCombie Hist. Victoria xv. 215 All were anxious to get away for the gold fields. 1890Boldrewood Col. Reformer (1891) 272 The goldfield town near which was the station.
fig.1854Macaulay Biog., Bunyan (1860) 44 He continued to work the Gold-field which he had discovered and to draw from it new treasures. |