gold-dig

verb

transitive verb

: to extract money or gifts from by coaxing or flattery

why did you coax him, tease him, gold-dig him

—Sinclair Lewis

intransitive verb

: to extract money or gifts from men by coaxing or flattery

she went with him wherever he wanted to go, and she never tried to maneuver him or gold-dig

—Ann Chidester

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from gold digger

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