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gumdiggers

gumdiggers is the plural of gumdigger.

Meaning of gumdigger

Noun

gumdigger (plural gumdiggers)

  1. (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.

Questions about gumdiggers

What is gumdiggers the plural of?
Gumdiggers is the plural of gumdigger.

Words near gumdiggers in the dictionary

  1. gumby gumby
  2. gumchewer
  3. gumchewers
  4. gumchewing
  5. gumdigger
  6. gumdiggers
  7. gumdigging
  8. gumdrop
  9. gumdroppy
  10. gumdrops
  11. Gumenyuk

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