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quartz reefer

quartz reefer noun: a person gold miner or prospector working on a quartz reef.

Noun

quartz reefer (plural quartz reefers)

  1. (Australia, obsolete) A person gold miner or prospector working on a quartz reef.
    • The strong, earnest quartz reefer, carrying with him a well-filled swag, and enough money to "hold on" and try his luck in a systematic manner - a well-dressed and respectable man.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 141

Forms of quartz reefer

pluralquartz reefers

Origin of quartz reefer

From quartz reef + -er.

Questions about quartz reefer

What does quartz reefer mean?
Quartz reefer means a person gold miner or prospector working on a quartz reef.
What part of speech is quartz reefer?
Quartz reefer is a noun.
What is the plural of quartz reefer?
The plural of quartz reefer is quartz reefers.

Words near quartz reefer in the dictionary

  1. Quartz Hill
  2. quartz lamp
  3. quartz lamps
  4. quartz mining
  5. quartz monzonite
  6. quartz reefer
  7. quartz reefers
  8. quartz schist
  9. quartz schists
  10. quartz wacke
  11. quartz watch

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