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cradle-rocker
Placer Mining, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a contrivance used to separate gold from gravel.
See: rocker ((1))
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. . . .