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PAY DIRT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A profitable success

Example:

the inventor worked for years before hitting pay dirt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pay dirt" is a kind of...):

success (a state of prosperity or fame)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ore that yields a substantial profit to the miner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pay dirt" is a kind of...):

ore (a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined)

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