rolled gold

noun

1. filled 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rolled gold¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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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