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Drift : Also a tool used to line holes up in metal plates.
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Nope, not drift....
The term I have in mind had a serious and an amusing meaning back in the day. These days it is more of a general descriptive term. All are connected, though.
The term I have in mind had a serious and an amusing meaning back in the day. These days it is more of a general descriptive term. All are connected, though.
Not an appliance, Bacchus. All meanings of the term refer to an activity.
DrDuck said:
This is a long shot, and most probably inncorrect but...here goes, its not the "F" word is it?
P.S. Sorry if I stepped over the line!
P.P.S. Bet it was said lots back in the time!
Cheers,
Billy.
F... Now there's a thought, but not what you have in mind, Billy...
The term is definitely prospecting related...
The term is definitely prospecting related...
golddiggerart
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Shaker...???
DrDuck said:
Ha ha, all good Doc!
Cheers,
Billy.
Not a shaker table, golddiggerart. Not sure what the alternative meanings for that was back in the day, or what its different meaning is today.
Billy, F is a very big clue!
Billy, F is a very big clue!
Final clue for tonight, the term probably refers more to those interested in gemstones today...
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Fugget
Not faceting or facet. These days it is a more general term for an an activity related to the hobby, particularly to finding gemstones.
Noodling?
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Fossicking
Noodling is close, but fossicking is the answer. Really had to give a lot of clues for that one! Can you solve the clues, wintersnake?
I'll give it up, and pass the baton to Wintersnake, as I'll be out and about today.
The changing meanings of words is an interesting and complex area, but the original clue was drawn from this:
"Similarly 'fossick', which now means 'to rummage or search around or about', has its origin on the goldfields. The word fossick comes from British dialect where it meant 'to obtain by asking, to ferret out'.
On the goldfields it had two meanings: ... 'to steal gold from other diggers, especially from an unattended claim' ...The transferred usage was often ironic: 'If one in want of a dinner called at his neighbour's tent at mutton time he would be a fossicker'.
Here's an interesting blog post on goldfields slang:
http://talkingaustralian.blogspot.com.au/2009/05/gold-rush-lingo.html
The changing meanings of words is an interesting and complex area, but the original clue was drawn from this:
"Similarly 'fossick', which now means 'to rummage or search around or about', has its origin on the goldfields. The word fossick comes from British dialect where it meant 'to obtain by asking, to ferret out'.
On the goldfields it had two meanings: ... 'to steal gold from other diggers, especially from an unattended claim' ...The transferred usage was often ironic: 'If one in want of a dinner called at his neighbour's tent at mutton time he would be a fossicker'.
Here's an interesting blog post on goldfields slang:
http://talkingaustralian.blogspot.com.au/2009/05/gold-rush-lingo.html
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When you said F is a big clue I didn't think it would be that easy. Finally a question down to my level of education
We all know Victorian Miners were instrumental in the modern union movement due to the Eureka stockade, what other significant event do we have to thank them for today?
We all know Victorian Miners were instrumental in the modern union movement due to the Eureka stockade, what other significant event do we have to thank them for today?
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loamer said:
Correct.
From 1890 Victorian gold miners having left the Golden triangle in mass once the "easy" gold had gone migrated to the new WA gold fields.
The Victorian miners were instrumental in voting out the then Premier John Forrest.
They achieved this by supporting a candidate that would allow Women the Vote.
Australian historians also credit the organisation of Victorian gold miners with bringing WA into the Australian Federation and forming the another state.
http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/federation/fed/index.htm
Over to you Loamer
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