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drywasher 

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A method of mining placer gold, most commonly found in dry washes in the desert environs. as most of this type of gold is located in areas devoid of running water, the contraption uses air forced from below the riffle tray to separate heavy particles or objects from lighter particles. the dirt shovelled into the drywasher has to be fairly dry for this method to work at maximum efficiency.

A drywasher refers to both the method and the miner employing the method. Placer gold is natural free gold particles or chips found in nature as a product of natural erosion, and concentration in low spots or natural traps.

A drywasher machine is powered by a hand crank, or a weed blower, or an electric motor, or gas engine, which causes a fan belt to turn a pulley to operate a bellows (air pump), or to drive an eccentric fan, via which air is forced into a cloth based box above, which have traps to concentrate heavy minerals in the process. Heavy minerals such as iron, gold, silver, platinum, chromite, titanium, gems, rubies, sapphire, garnets, emeralds, meteoroids. After primary concentration in the traps, the concentrate is subsequently worked by gold panning or processing in a spiral pan to retrieve all desired values
I took my drywasher to a claim in the desert north of Barstow. I am out drywashing for gold.
I am a drywasher type of miner. With my drywasher, I plan to get natural, native gold, to sell on ebay.
drywasher by Billy Bubb March 29, 2009
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dale the drywaller 

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Guy who has been around the trade for over 30 years
Dale the drywaller well hung, screwed and nailed all over your house

If you dont like his prices bring your wife and maybe he will dicker
dale the drywaller by Tonythetiler November 25, 2020

Drywanker 

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A male that masturbates several times a week although he has not enjoyed it for years.

May be caused by a desperation to reconnect with his erotic self.
Otto, a man that refuses to see that he is a drywanker, cleaned up after his thousand straight session of the kind of masturbation that leaves him feel empty, frustrated and sad, the only kind he has known for years.
Drywanker by Midnight Man Dude January 4, 2011

Drywaller 

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The act of a male nailing or stapling his penis to the inside of his own leg.
"What?! He really did the Drywaller? What a fucking dumbass!"
Drywaller by J.P. Morton October 1, 2006

Drasher 

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A person that hates kids and plays stupid games
"wanna play heads up seven up"
"Dude you are such a drasher"
Drasher by Pawn April 23, 2006

drymaster 

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Someone who is beyond dry or dry af.
He couldn't come turn up because he is a drymaster.
drymaster by rmattr May 18, 2016
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minimap 

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Friend 2: How do you know?
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That dotard is going to get us all blown up, if he doesn't calm down .
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Striver 

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The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
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