gold digger
noun
a person who seeks or digs for gold in a gold field.
gold diggers
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pluralof gold digger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We appreciate the ability to protect assets from gold diggers but the amounts aren’t worthy of a “dynasty” trust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
"Both women and men can be gold diggers."
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025
Intertribal conflict led to the gradual migration to the islands, a geographical location that induced fateful encounters with successive waves of invaders: conquistadors, pirates, privateers, gold diggers and, later, drug smugglers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2022
He and his lawyers and agents have suggested that many of the accusers were gold diggers seeking money or fame.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 10, 2019
Gates compared the Internet to the gold rush, the idea being that more money was made selling Levi’s, picks, shovels, and hotel rooms to the gold diggers than from digging up gold from the earth.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
