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gold dust
noun
- gold in fine particles.
gold dust
noun
- gold in the form of small particles or powder, as found in placer-mining
- a valuable or rare thing
tickets for this match are gold dust
Word History and Origins
Origin of gold dust1
Example Sentences
There is one enormous lesson you will learn in life and indeed in the music industry: finding someone you trust is like gold dust.
Altogether, we counted some seventy-odd thousand dollars, exclusive of the gold-dust in the sacks.
Once more Gwynne gazed down upon the sleepless city, where the lights seemed to powder the upper air with gold dust.
The gold-dust which they obtain requires little preparation by fire.
Wherefore Robinson kept back eight pounds of gold-dust and sold him the rest for notes of the Sydney Bank.
A large thumb to take a large pinch of the gold-dust meant a good many extra dollars to the storekeeper in '48 and '49.
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