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sluice-fork ((n.))
Placer Mining, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a device used to break up lumps of gravel in a sluice-box.
See: sluice-box
Quotations
1860
If you come, bring the following articles: The whip-saw and six files, two cross-cut files, your hand saw, a sluice-fork, and shovel . . . a pair of gum boots for William, and an axe, for they are worth here $6 each.