"gold-digging" meaning in English

See gold-digging in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} gold-digging (not comparable)
  1. Occupying oneself as a gold-digger, cultivating a personal relationship to attain wealth. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-gold-digging-en-adj-p1kEz8EY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: golddigging, gold digging

Noun

Forms: gold-diggings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gold-digging (plural gold-diggings)
  1. The emprise of being a gold-digger.
    Sense id: en-gold-digging-en-noun-qwGYSOX3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: golddigging, gold digging

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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