poor man's diggings
(also poor man's digging) Mining informal (originally Australian )
noun
Gold-bearing land which can be mined without substantial capital outlay, or on which large-scale commercial mining is not considered profitable, and which is thus available to be mined by individuals.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Bathurst (New South Wales) Free Press.
- Rogers, Roy
- Rogers, Will
- Roget, Peter Mark
- rognon
- rogue
- roguedom
- rogue elephant
- rogue face
- rogue money
- rogue nation
- roguer
- Rogue River
- roguery
- rogue's badge
- rogues' badge
- rogues' gallery
- rogue's gilliflower
- rogue's Latin
- rogues' Latin
- rogue's march
- rogues' march
- rogue state
- rogue's tattoo
- rogue's yarn
- rogue trader