Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who is in a romantic relationship in order to get money or gifts from the romantic partner, especially a woman seeking to marry a rich man.
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- noun Someone who
digs ormines forgold . - noun pejorative A person (usually female and considerably younger) who
cultivates apersonal relationship in order to attainmoney .
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- noun a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement
- noun a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field
Etymologies
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gold + digger. Literal sense from 1830s, figurative sense (woman who seeks money in a relationship) from 1915.
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sionnach commented on the word gold digger
for viewers of the "History" channel, now and forever linked with the term glory hole
Jack Hoffmann is digging around in the glory hole (this is the Joel McHale link 'zuzu is referring to)
weak mineral humor
February 21, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word gold digger
I happened to catch that segment on The Soup last night--I almost couldn't breathe by the end, if you know what I mean.
For more about Joel McHale, see Zeitgeist.
February 21, 2011
reesetee commented on the word gold digger
Holy mother of pearl.
February 21, 2011