| 释义 |
sluicer|ˈsluːsə(r)|
[f. sluice v.]
a. One who attends to a sluice; a sluice-keeper.
b. U.S. and Austr. A gold-miner who works at a sluice.
1873Daily News 4 Oct., This money..was what I earned at Daylesford... I was a sluicer. 1890Goldfields of Victoria 22 The puddlers and sluicers are gradually decreasing in number. 1893Scribner's Mag. June 715 Sluicer's boot, with calks. |