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sourdough (n.)
c.1300, "fermented dough," from
sour
+
dough
. The meaning "Arctic prospector or pioneer" is from 1898 Yukon gold rush, from the practice of saving a lump of fermented dough as leaven for raising bread baked during the winter.
