gumdigger

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Kauri gum

Alternative forms[edit]

gum-digger

Etymology[edit]

gum +‎ digger

Noun[edit]

gumdigger (plural gumdiggers)

(New Zealand, historical) A person who dug for kauri gum, a fossilised resin, in the old kauri fields of New Zealand in the late 19th or early 20th century.

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