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- noun Plural form of
gold-finder .
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Examples
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Queen Lostris sent out her gold-finders into the hills along the river as we passed.
River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993
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Cruces, and on the Isthmus generally, was a business by which money was wormed out of the gold-seekers and gold-finders.
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Mary Seacole
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Isthmus, hanging on to the foolish gold-finders -- attacked the dinner, very often with great lack of decency.
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Mary Seacole
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And as that individual produced the linen from his haversack, Mr Raydon handed his rifle to one of the gold-finders, and went down on one knee to examine Mr Gunson's injury, which he carefully washed and bandaged.
To The West George Manville Fenn 1870
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Mr Raydon had only just finished his task when the chief speaker of the gold-finders came up with half a dozen more.
To The West George Manville Fenn 1870
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"I must wash out all the sand first before I look to see if there is colour, as the American gold-finders call it."
The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Silence!" cried Mr Raydon, turning then to the gold-finders.
To The West George Manville Fenn 1870
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Two of the men from the Fort ran out from the pines, rifle in hand; but at that moment there was a crackling and rustling of branches, and one by one at least a dozen gold-finders from below came running up, armed with rifles and revolvers.
To The West George Manville Fenn 1870
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This duty over, they and their coarser female companions – many of them well known to us, for they travelled backwards and forwards across the Isthmus, hanging on to the foolish gold-finders – attacked the dinner, very often with great lack of decency.
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Gambling at Cruces, and on the Isthmus generally, was a business by which money was wormed out of the gold-seekers and gold-finders.
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