Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The residue which remains in a hopper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gold Washing) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
gravel that remains in thehopper of acradle whilepanning forgold .
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Examples
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There was the white sapphire, with a tell-tale flaw running down the middle, which had been found in the hopperings at Revolver Point (where fighting Cameron made his pile) by Sam Kickford, and likewise bestowed on Mrs. Sinclair as a “curio,” and because that bounteous lady had mothered the unlucky Sam and nursed him through the fever which took him to the very gates of a filthy hell.
Tropic Days 2003
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There was the white sapphire, with a tell-tale flaw running down the middle, which had been found in the hopperings at Revolver Point (where fighting Cameron made his pile) by Sam Kickford, and likewise bestowed on Mrs. Sinclair as a
Tropic Days 1887
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