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Noun pay dirt has 2 senses
  1. pay dirt - ore that yields a substantial profit to the miner
    --1 is a kind of
    ore
  2. pay dirt - a profitable success; "the inventor worked for years before hitting pay dirt"
    --2 is a kind of
    success

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Pay Dirt

Meaning:

1. (noun) A valuable discovery or success, especially one that leads to financial gain.

2. (noun) A productive source or area, typically a mining or digging site, where valuable minerals, metals, or resources are found.

3. (idiom) A desirable and rewarding outcome or result.

Examples:

1. After years of struggling, the author's latest book was pay dirt - it sold thousands of copies in its first week.

2. The prospectors hit pay dirt when they discovered a gold vein in the mountains.

3. The marketing team's new campaign was pay dirt, as it resulted in a significant increase in sales.

4. The archaeologists excavated a remote area in hopes of finding ancient artifacts and struck pay dirt when they unearthed a millennia-old burial ground.

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