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galamseyer

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galamseyer /ˈɡaləmseɪə /
▸ noun (in Ghana) a person who practises illegal small-scale gold mining:
the galamseyers were told to leave the site and dismantle their machines.
– ORIGIN 1990s: from galamsey + -er1..