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Definition of storekeeper's rush in English: storekeeper's rushnoun Australian, NZ historical A gold rush started by a false rumour. returning diggers branded it a storekeeper's rush Example sentencesExamples - I have never heard them say that it might have been a "storekeeper's rush," or something of that sort.
- It was contemptuously called a 'storekeeper's rush', designed to revive interest in Larkinville and bring men to the town.
- In the case of Paul's Creek it is more than likely to be a storekeeper's rush.
- The Kimberley gold rush turned out to be a storekeeper’s rush and, because the shipping companies promoted it so heavily in New Zealand, it cost the people from there dearly.
- Some were described as "storekeeper's rushes," as even a bogus find would force up the price of goods.
- They had been brought out here on a wild-goose chase - it was a storekeeper's rush.
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