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单词 tin scratcher
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Definition of tin scratcher in English:

tin scratcher

noun
Australian

  • A person who mines surface deposits of tin.

    local residents told of a tin scratcher who had made a living on the mountain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A tin-scratcher reached for the billy-can. "You boys must be hungry," he remarked agreeably.
    • The tin scratcher's face looked peculiarly wooden.
    • I had been this way on the mail boat in 1970 and remembered dropping off supplies at a tin scratcher's camp called Roonga.
    • A 61 year old part-time tin scratcher and horse-breaker was asked to teach a few miscreant youths how to ride one weekend.
    • A drover come past on his way to Flora Valley to pick up a mob so I hitched a ride with him and left those alky tin-scratchers to it.
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