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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
paydirt

also pay dirt, "profit, success," 1873, from pay (n.) + dirt (n.); a word from mining, where it was used in a literal sense from 1856.

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paydirt

a. (alternative spelling of pay dirt English) n. (alternative spelling of pay dirt English)

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Paydirt (game)

Paydirt is a two-player board game simulating American football.

Paydirt

Paydirt or Pay dirt may refer to:

  • Paydirt (game), a two-player board game simulating American football
  • Paydirt (Marvel Comics), a character in the Marvel Comics Universe
  • Paydirt Pete, the mascot of the University of Texas at El Paso
  • The international name of There Goes the Neighborhood, a 1992 American comedy film

Usage examples of "paydirt".

There is genuine scientific paydirt in UFOs and alien abductions - but it is, I think, of a distinctly home-grown and terrestrial character.

If the Mob's scouting party disappears, the Big Boys will know they've hit paydirt and set things in motion.

While she and Pendergast were going through deeds, he'd gone straight to the Museum and hit paydirt.

When he returned, humming a little under his breath, she knew he'd hit paydirt of some kind.

But as Tia decelerated into the inner system, she suddenly knew that they had hit paydirt without ever coming close enough to do a surface scan.

We checked the airman's ID number by radio with the personnel officer at Vanderhoff, and hit paydirt.

Then he hit paydirt, spotting two Negroes by the exit curtains pulling a handoff: cash for something palmable, a quick segue into the Parking lot.

I was ready to give up and go out, go drinking or something, but I made myself work a little longeryou might try that sometime, Stanand I think I hit paydirt.

I was ready to give up and go out, go drinking or something, but I made myself work a little longer-you might try that sometime, Stan-and I think I hit paydirt.

He finally hit paydirt: a man in a light-colored suit used that particular phone and the digital time on the tape put it within two minutes of what the telephone company said was the time of the call.