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claim-jumping

claim-jumping noun: the act of one who jumps a claim.

Noun

claim-jumping (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, US, Western, historical) The act of one who jumps a claim.
    • When he told us of a man in a pew, of the change in the bride’s manner, of so transparent a device for obtaining a note as the dropping of a bouquet, of her resort to her confidential maid, and of her very significant allusion to claim-jumping—which in miners’ parlance means taking possession of...1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor

Questions about claim-jumping

What does claim-jumping mean?
Claim-jumping means the act of one who jumps a claim.
What part of speech is claim-jumping?
Claim-jumping is a noun.

Words near claim-jumping in the dictionary

  1. Claim of Right
  2. claim shanties
  3. claim shanty
  4. claim someone's life
  5. claim to fame
  6. claim-jumping
  7. claimability
  8. claimable
  9. claimables
  10. claimancies
  11. claimancy

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