placer (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

One who places or arranges something.
(lb, en, slang) One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.'''2011''', Jonathon Green, ''Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime'', [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-NnroxLGNnEC&pg=PA104&dq=%22placer%22, %22placers%22+stolen+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tVTcT_nmCqaZiAe1qaS8Cg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22placer%22, %22placers%22%20stolen%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 104]— The 20th-century '''''buyer''''' is self-explanatory, while the '''''placer''''' is a middle-man who places stolen goods with a purchaser.
(lb, en, ethology, sheep, Australia, New Zealand) A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.
(lb, en, mining) alluvial; occurring in a deposit of sand or earth on a river-bed or bank, particularly with reference to precious metals such as gold or silver