quartz crusher

noun

A machine designed to crush quartz in order to extract gold.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounquartz crusher (plural quartz crushers)

plural quartz crushers

  1. historicalA machine designed to crush quartz in order to extract gold.First known use 19th c.

    Mrs Ester did not worry about gold. The quartz crushers were already more important.

    1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 86
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