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high grader

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1904, OED Evaluation: Mining.

(From high-grade, v.) To steal (ore, esp. high-grade gold ore) from a mine. Hence more widely (U.S. slang): to steal, pilfer.

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Interviewer: 'Cause packsack, but packsack is a Northern-Ontario slang- Speaker: Is it really? Interviewer: Word, yeah. Speaker: Yeah, so is a high grader. Interviewer: Even- even what? Speaker: High grader? Interviewer: What's that? Speaker: You don't know what a high grader is? Interviewer: I've probably heard it, but. Speaker: You've got to be kidding! That is true Northern-Ontario. Interviewer: What's a high grader? Speaker: A high grader is a guy who takes the high grade gold out of the mines and there used to be a quite a- quite a business. Interviewer: Oh they steal it! Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: Yeah, okay. No I know what that is.
Someone who steals high-grade ore from a mine.
Interviewer: Yeah, okay. No I know what that is. I've- Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: Okay I don't know the word I'm word I'm sorry. Speaker: Yeah. And the O-P-P had their high grade squad. Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: But you ask somebody from Nova-Soctia what a high grader is and they haven't- they don't.
Someone who steals high-grade ore from a mine.