gumdigger
(NZ, 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.
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(NZ, 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.
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(NZ, historical) The work of a gumdigger, digging for kauri gum.
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