quartz reefer

noun

A person gold miner or prospector working on a quartz reef.

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Meanings

nounquartz reefer (plural quartz reefers)

plural quartz reefers

  1. AustraliaobsoleteA 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

Origin

From quartz reef + -er.

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