gumdigger
English
noun
Definitions
- (NZ) 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.
Etymology
Compound from English gum (flesh around teeth) + English digger.
Origin
English
digger
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begum English
- bonedigger English
- bubblegum English
- chewing gum English
- clamdigger English
- cratedigger English
- degum English
- dig English
- digger English
- diggeress English
- ditchdigger English
- estergum English
- floodgum English
- gravedigger English
- gum English
- gumball English
- gumboil English
- gumboot English
- gumbuyer English
- gumdrop English
- gumfield English
- gumland English
- gumless English
- gumlike English
- gumline English
- gummer English
- gummiferous English
- gummose English
- gummosis English
- gummy English
- gumnut English
- gumshield English
- gumshoe English
- gumweed English
- gumwood English
- oleogum English
- redgum English
- sweetgum English
- ungum English
- welldigger English
- Digger German
- ガム Japanese
- gome Middle English
- gum Scots
- gam Hausa
- dig
- gum
- degum
- ungum
- gummy
- begum
- gummer
- redgum
- gumnut
- digger
- gumwood
- gummose
- gumdrop
- gumboil
- gumshoe
- gumball
- gumland
- gumline
- gumlike
- gumweed
- oleogum
- gumboot
- gumless
- gummosis
- gumbuyer
- gumfield
- floodgum
- estergum
- sweetgum
- diggeress
- gumshield
- bubblegum
- bonedigger
- welldigger
- clamdigger
- ditchdigger
- gummiferous
- cratedigger
- gravedigger
- chewing gum