drift mine

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noun

a mine the opening of which is dug into an outcrop of coal or ore.

an underground placer mine.

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Origin of drift mine

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

There was a lot of prison fiction from movies and books to mine.
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I gave a reading last week with someone who had taken a class of mine.
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I wanted to be anonymous, as some of these people were friends of mine.
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It reminds me of an uncle of mine who said the London Blitz was irritating.
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I learn by the third day to tell the nurse privately to make mine mostly orange juice.
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We know one thing—the men that killed Rutter are the ones that held us up, and got off with that money of mine.
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And it is small consolation to me to note that most people's minds seem to be no better done than mine.
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When a besieged city suspects a mine, do not the inhabitants dig underground, and meet their enemy at his work?
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The second cable quotes mine of last night wherein I ask leave to call for the East Lancs.
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And hence the reader can notice the fundamental difference between all other methods and mine.
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