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    Gold rush
    /ˈɡōld ˌrəSH/

    noun

    • 1. a rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield. The first major gold rush, to California in 1848–49, was followed by others in the US, Australia (1851–53), South Africa (1884), and Canada (Klondike, 1897–98).

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