Streamwork
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked.
"The day is marked by the serio-comic custom of sending a young lad to the highest bound or hillock in the streamwork, and allowing him to sleep there as long as he can—…"
Example
More examples"The day is marked by the serio-comic custom of sending a young lad to the highest bound or hillock in the streamwork, and allowing him to sleep there as long as he can—…"
Etymology
From stream + work.
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