claim-jumper
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of claim-jumper
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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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
We will complete the cabin just as if we were to move into it, and if anybody who looks like an intended claim-jumper comes prowling around, we will take the alarm and move in.
From The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas by W. A. (William Allen) Rogers
Mr. Hames is what you could call a professional claim-jumper, and it’s fortunate that there’s a weak spot or two in his career.”
From The Greater Power by W. Herbert Dunton
He dared the shotgun the night they run that claim-jumper off.
From Vandemark's Folly by Herbert Quick
He has always adopted the tactics of the claim-jumper.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook
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