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quartz reefers

quartz reefers is the plural of quartz reefer.

Meaning of quartz reefer

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

Questions about quartz reefers

What is quartz reefers the plural of?
Quartz reefers is the plural of quartz reefer.

Words near quartz reefers in the dictionary

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

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