placer noun³. ['pleɪsǝ] Austral. & NZ slang. E20.
[from PLACE noun¹ + -ER¹.]
1. A gold-digger working on the same spot year after year. E20.

2. A sheep which attaches itself to a particular spot or object. Also placer sheep. E20.

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placer noun¹. ['pleɪsǝ] M16.
[from PLACE verb + -ER¹.]
1. A person who places, sets, or arranges something. Chiefly techn. M16.

2. A dealer in stolen goods, a fence. slang. M20.

3. A person awarded a (usu. specified) place in a competition, race, etc. Chiefly US. M20.

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placer noun². ['pleɪsǝ, 'plasǝ] Chiefly N. Amer. E19.
[Amer. Spanish = deposit, shoal, rel. to placel sandbank from plaza place.]
Mining. A deposit of sand, gravel, or earth, esp. in the bed of a stream, containing particles of gold or other valuable minerals; a place where this detritus is washed for gold etc.

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