DCHP-3

cradle-rocker

Placer Mining, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a contrivance used to separate gold from gravel.

Quotations

1859
. . . as he rocks away at his cradle-rocker, and gathers the glittering treasure presented to his eye, he thinks of those to whom he is endeared. . . .