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gold diggers

gold diggers is the plural of gold digger.

Meaning of gold digger

Noun

gold digger (plural gold diggers)

  1. (literally) Someone who digs or mines for gold.
    Synonyms:
    gold miner
  2. (derogatory, figuratively) A person, especially a woman, who cultivates a personal relationship with someone in order to attain wealth.
    • If she sends her son for the money she is a gold digger, and if she sends her daughter, she is a gold digger teaching her daughter how to be a gold digger—two offenses for the price of one. Whether it is the misinterpretation of the hustle, recognizing the game, or asking for legitimate funds for...2009, Rajen Persaud, Why Black Men Love White Women, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 189
    Synonyms:
    fortune hunter

Questions about gold diggers

What is gold diggers the plural of?
Gold diggers is the plural of gold digger.

Words near gold diggers in the dictionary

  1. gold currencies
  2. gold currency
  3. Gold Democrat
  4. Gold Democrats
  5. gold digger
  6. gold diggers
  7. gold digging
  8. gold diggings
  9. gold disc
  10. gold discs
  11. gold disk

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