- earth that contains valuable minerals or metal such as gold
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See pay dirt in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryhit/strike pay dirt
- (informal) to suddenly be in a successful situation, especially one that makes you rich
- The band really hit pay dirt with their last album.
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