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单词 money-digger
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money-digger
money-digger n. U.S. a treasure hunter, esp. one who believes buried treasure can be located by divination or other mystical means.In quot. 1769 a nickname.
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1769 N.Y. Gaz. 27 Feb. 3/3 A Negro Man named Jacob,..formerly known in this City, by the name of the Fu-Fu Negro, or Money-Digger.
1820 B. Silliman Remarks Tour Hartford & Quebec 121 Even to this hour..new pits are excavated by the insatiable money diggers.
1870 J. De Mille Boys of Grand Pré School x. 148 We haven't any mineral rod, nor any magic ceremonies. We're merely a plain, hard-working crowd; not of money-diggers, but of archæologists.
1998 New Republic (Electronic ed.) 23 Feb. Smith and many of his contemporaries became avid money-diggers.
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