gumdigger

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noun

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.

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Meanings

noungumdigger (plural gumdiggers)

plural gumdiggers · alternative gum-digger

  1. New ZealandhistoricalA 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.

Origin

From gum + digger.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Muggridge
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APA

gumdigger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gumdigger

MLA

“gumdigger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gumdigger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gumdigger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gumdigger.

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