| 单词 | grub-staker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrub-staker grub-staker n. a prospector who is supplied with a grub-stake, or the supplier of a grub-stake. 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 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > prospector > one who furnishes prospector with provisions grub-staker1880 1880 A. A. Hayes New Colorado (1881) vii. 107 Here does the whilom grub~staker and present millionaire purchase his corner lot. 1897 A. C. Harris Alaska & Klondike Gold Fields 444 A grub-staker is a man who wants someone to stake him with grub, and ‘grub’ is Klondike for beans, bacon and tea. 1898 J. Grinnell Gold Hunting in Alaska (1901) xii. 45 We may have to foot it home just like..prodigal sons who have wasted their substance and that of our grub~stakers in ‘riotous living’. 1926 Glasgow Herald 8 Mar. 10 But the grub-staker who is financed by some wealthy man and will share his discoveries with his backer, is in the fortunate position of having enough money to avoid the dangerous trail. 1969 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 Nov. 9/4 The telegram recalled the chamber had recommended..that the prospector and grubstaker tax exemption be maintained in its present form. < as lemmas |
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