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paystreak 
1 † n. Placer Mining a profitable deposit or stratum of gold-bearing gravel.
See also: pay (def. 1) pay dirt (def. 1) paying streak pay zone
- 1860 [Many have already returned and their accounts are singularly consistent, viz., that " good diggings are scarce, " "paying streak thin," "provisions very high". . . .]
- 1898 On Fritz Miller's discovery claim it pays about $25 to the shovel, and as the center of the creek is reached the pay-streak increases in value.
- 1936 Early in February we struck the rich paystreak very nearly off the boundary of the claim!
- 1963 The gold concentration or paystreak may have been formed in pre-glacial, interglacial, or postglacial times, or paystreaks of all three period may lie in different parts and at different levels in a single valley.
2 n. Slang See quote.
- 1924 The only bacon the traders sell is of very inferior quality, generally "sow-belly," "pay-streak," etc.
- 1860 [Many have already returned and their accounts are singularly consistent, viz., that " good diggings are scarce, " "paying streak thin," "provisions very high". . . .]