Pork-knocker

Pork-knockers are freelance Guyanese prospectors who mine for diamonds and gold in the alluvial plains of the Guyanese interior. Pork-knockers have been responsible for discovering large deposits of gold and diamonds. The name "pork-knockers" refers to their regular diet of pickled pork of wild pig that is often eaten at the end of the day.^[1] Caribbean author A. R. F. Webber suggested that the term may have originated as "pork-barrel knocker".^[2]

^ "Pork-knocker". Dictionary of Caribbean English usage. Kingston, Jamaica [u.a.]: University of the West Indies Press. 2003. p. 450. ISBN 9789766401450. pork knocker.
^ Menezes, Mary Noel, ed. (1979). The Amerindians in Guyana, 1803–73: A Documentary History. London: Cass. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-7146-4030-3.

[1] "Pork-knocker". Dictionary of Caribbean English usage. Kingston, Jamaica [u.a.]: University of the West Indies Press. 2003. p. 450. ISBN 9789766401450. pork knocker.

[2] Menezes, Mary Noel, ed. (1979). The Amerindians in Guyana, 1803–73: A Documentary History. London: Cass. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-7146-4030-3.

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