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单词 gully-raking
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Definition of gully-raking in English:

gully-raking

noun
mass nounAustralian, NZ historical
  • 1The practice of rounding up or stealing unbranded livestock from remote areas.

    everybody does a spot of gully-raking now and then
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Gully-raking, or sheep and cattle stealing, was common in most districts.
    • I had now to resort to what is termed moonlighting and gully-raking.
    • I was gully-raking with a mate in the mountains at the back of Richmond.
    • Cattle duffing and gully-raking for wandered livestock were in some cases a prelude to bushranging.
    • It was my first attempt at gully-raking, leaving my stock-keeper to do his master's share of the work.
  • 2The practice of searching for surface gold.

    gold-mining on this field is now confined to gully-raking
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The principal work has been mere gully-raking or surfacing in the bed of the creek.
    • At Gowrie Creek, much of the work is really only surfacing or gully raking.
    • Where gullies were worked to a shallow depth, the process was known as 'gully raking'.
    • At present there are 13 men gully-raking a mile from the junction with the river.
    • The fossicker goes gully-raking into old gullies and worked-out creeks.
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