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gold rush † 
a vast movement of persons to a new goldfield.
See also: gold stampede rush stampede ((n.)) (def. 1c)
- 1900 They were specimens of the many strange waifs which ride the breast of a gold rush. . . .
- 1964 Mike subsequently took part in half a dozen gold rushes in the Yukon and Alaska, and got luckier every time.
- 1900 They were specimens of the many strange waifs which ride the breast of a gold rush. . . .