leaverite
n.— «Leaverite, as in “leave-her-right.” Leave her right there. It’s just another damn rock, and if you tourists keep toting them home, the Yukon will be flat as Dallas. Now, if you’re finished prospecting, I’ll show you something.» —“You can get the fever fishing for gold” by Joe Doggett Houston Chronicle Feb. 13, 1985. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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