| 单词 | pork-knocker |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspork-knocker pork-knocker n. (also porknocker) (in Guyana) a freelance prospector or miner for gold or diamonds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > prospector > for gold or diamonds gold-finder1578 fossicker1852 Klondiker1897 sniper1902 pork-knocker1910 1910 M. B. Beebe & C. W. Beebe Our Search for Wilderness vi. 187 The universal Guianian name for this type of independent miner is ‘pork-knocker’, the explanation being that by knocking the rocks to pieces, they find just enough gold to procure the pork upon which they live. 1957 M. Swan Brit. Guiana 202 In the old days when the mining men, the pork-knockers, went up the river they would paddle against currents which an inboard engine can now only just fight. 2003 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 30 Apr. 26 The small-scale miners, or pork-knockers as they call themselves, are able to penetrate deep into the jungles, by boat and then on foot. < as lemmas |
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