"gold-finder" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-gold-finder.ogg Forms: gold-finders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gold-finder (plural gold-finders)
  1. A prospector for gold.
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  2. (slang, humorous) A person who cleans the latrines. Tags: humorous, slang
    Sense id: en-gold-finder-en-noun-YOKmyCxX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 97

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