claim-jumper
Americannoun
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Origin of claim-jumper
First recorded in 1825–35
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A frontier farm woman saves the life of a claim-jumper and persuades him to help her escort three insane women to a safe haven in Iowa.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2020
A shifty critter was Comstock, trapper, fur-trader, gambler, claim-jumper, mine-salter, sneak-thief, an' everything else.
From The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
Dick McGill, I am sure it was, told the first claim-jumper we visited that I was at the head of the mob, and he had me arrested.
From Vandemark's Folly by Quick, Herbert
The claim-jumper, watching the bench land through a pair of field glasses, saw a herd of cows and calves scattered and feeding contentedly upon the young grass a mile or so away.
From The Flying U's Last Stand by Bower, B. M.
Men too sick to walk crawled out to their claims an' died there, scary lest some claim-jumper should seize their claims.
From The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
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