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washing 
n. the proceeds from placer mining.
- 1862 A small section of the party remained where they were, being satisfied from sundry washings, that there is gold in the Saskatchewan River, but the river being very high they could not "prospect" to advantage.
- 1862 A small section of the party remained where they were, being satisfied from sundry washings, that there is gold in the Saskatchewan River, but the river being very high they could not "prospect" to advantage.