Streamwork

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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—…"

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"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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