- gum-digger
- gumˈ-digger noun1. A person who digs up fossilized kauri gum (NZ)2. A dentist (old Aust informal)• • •Main Entry: ↑gum
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Gum-digger — Gum diggers were men and women who dug for kauri gum, a fossilised resin, in the old kauri fields of New Zealand at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The gum was used mainly for varnish.The term may be a source for the nick … Wikipedia
gum-digger — /ˈgʌm dɪgə / (say gum diguh) noun 1. NZ someone who is employed digging up fossilised kauri gum. 2. Colloquial a dentist. –gum digging, noun …
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