: one that gushes
specifically
: an oil well with a copious natural flow
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The Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum pays homage to the gusher that ignited an oil frenzy more than a century ago.
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Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024
Once a middling part of his empire, his golf and club business has become a cash gusher, a way to literally sell access to the most famous man on earth in the form of sky-high initiation fees.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
YouTube was the original gusher but other outlets have caught up, including Reddit.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2024
The discovery of oil at Spindletop field, in 1901—the first big gusher in Texas—helped usher in, along with climate change, an era of cars, planes, and countless other conveniences.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
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Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024
Once a middling part of his empire, his golf and club business has become a cash gusher, a way to literally sell access to the most famous man on earth in the form of sky-high initiation fees.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
YouTube was the original gusher but other outlets have caught up, including Reddit.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2024
The discovery of oil at Spindletop field, in 1901—the first big gusher in Texas—helped usher in, along with climate change, an era of cars, planes, and countless other conveniences.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
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“Gusher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gusher. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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gusher
noun
gush·er
ˈgəsh-ər 
: one that gushes
especially
: an oil well with a very plentiful natural flow
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