gumdigger

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Etymology

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From gum +‎ digger.

Noun

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gumdigger (plural gumdiggers)

  1. (New Zealand, historical) 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.