fortune-hunting

He's proud, is he, and don't like allusions to fortune-hunting.

If you are squeamish and moral, Ned, console yourself with the reflection that at the very worst your fortune-hunting can make but one person miserable or unhappy.

Immigration arrangements often involved dense layers of obligation and sometimes extortion, and many Chinese who were unsuccessful in fortune-hunting were unable to go home.

His fortune-hunting eventually gained him the estates of Richard Topham in and around Windsor and Old Windsor in 1737.

He was discharged from the service after a four-year tour, then worked in Boston as a technician with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company until he could save enough money to move to Quito and pursue his dreams of fortune-hunting.