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单词 wet diggings
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wet diggings
wet diggings n. originally U.S. gold diggings in or near a river or stream; cf. dry diggings n. at dry adj. and adv. Compounds 3.
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1849 J. Wyld Geogr. & Mineral. Notes 21 The works are divided into two classes,—Dry Diggings and Wet Diggings.
1862 J. L. C. Richardson Sketch Otago 48 See how the wet diggings will pay in the summer time.
1935 E. B. Buckbee Saga Old Tuolumne 11 He worked ceaselessly throughout the day lifting gold from the ‘wet diggings’.
1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. vii. 72/1 The conglomerates accumulated on the slopes of the mountains are the proper field for the ‘dry diggings’, while from the gravel and sand of the beds of rivers and smaller streams the gold is obtained by ‘wet diggings’.
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