quartz reefer

noun

quartz reefer

noun

Etymology From quartz reef + -er.

1

Australia, Obsolete A person gold miner or prospector working on a quartz reef.

The strong, earnest quartz reefer, carrying with him a well-filled swag, and enough money to "hold on" and try his luck in a systematic manner - a well-dressed and respectable man.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 141:

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