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rolled gold

rolled gold

noun

  1. a metal, such as brass, coated with a thin layer of gold, usually of above 9 carat purity. It is used in inexpensive jewellery Also called (US)filled gold
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of rolled gold1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

His own old Waterbury and rolled gold chain, and the few unimportant letters in his pockets—where were they?

Miss Lamb kept twirling her rolled-gold bracelet round her lace-mittened wrist, smiling vacantly the while.

This rolled gold is used in making cheap bracelets and watch chains.

Rolled gold is made by casting an ingot of brass, and while this is still hot pouring upon it a thin layer of gold alloy.

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