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gold-digging

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gold-digging rate
(Adult / Slang)
Of a young woman, seeking or attaching herself to a rich and/or powerful older man (or sugar-daddy) for self and pelf. This term was popular in the 1920-40s and is now making a come back.

Quotes:

(1) Frisco Doll/Rose Carlton (Mae West) in Klondike Annie (1936): ' A gold rush is what happens when a line of chorus girls spot a man with a bankroll.'

(2) Peaches (Jada Pinkett) in A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994): ' I know you ain't nothin' but a gold-digging skank trying to get a man for everything he's got.'



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