claim-jumper
[ kleym-juhm-per ]
noun
a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.
Origin of claim-jumper
1First recorded in 1825–35
Other words from claim-jumper
- claim-jumping, noun
Words Nearby claim-jumper
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How to use claim-jumper in a sentence
Asked the claim-jumper's friend in feigned surprise, wishing that he had kept quiet.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up | Clarence Edward MulfordSo long as this door was successfully held, no claim-jumper could penetrate into the tunnel or reach the shaft at the end.
A Girl of the Klondike | Victoria CrossThe claim-jumper dropped what was left of his burden and went hopping on, acquiring stone bruises with every leap.
Rimrock Trail | J. Allan DunnHe had still dared to hope that this girl was of no blood kin of the claim-jumper, Jeffery Neilson.
The Sky Line of Spruce | Edison MarshallI just bet I could kill you at forty paces, if you were a claim-jumper and looked at me the way Hank looked at you!
Polly and Eleanor | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
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