A person who digs for or extracts gum, particularly natural tree gums or resins used in industry or manufacturing.
Compound from 'gum' plus 'digger' (one who digs); historically refers to workers who harvested gum resins from trees in various regions.
Gumdiggers were essential to the modern rubber and adhesive industries—these workers were the original extractors of materials that would become essential to everything from bandages to toys.
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