Meaning of gold-finder | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A prospector for gold.
2. A person who cleans the latrines.
   humorous, slang

Examples

“Divers Gentlemen walking the ſtreets ſomewhat late where the Goldfinders were at worke, fie fellowes ſay they, what a beaſtly ſtinke doe yee make⟳? To whom one of the moſt ancient amongſt them replyed; If gentlemen, you or ſuch as you would keepe your tailes ſtopped, you ſhould not now need⟳ to ſtop your noſes.”

“But though in this particular, and perhaps in their success, the truth-finder and the gold-finder may very properly be compared together;”

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