gold-filled

[ gohld-fild ]

adjectiveJewelry.
  1. composed of a layer of gold backed with a base metal.

Origin of gold-filled

1
First recorded in 1900–05

Words Nearby gold-filled

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How to use gold-filled in a sentence

  • We stood beside the aquarium in the centre of the apartment, close to the vase of gold filled with flowers.

    The Goddess of Atvatabar | William R. Bradshaw
  • He chewed on his cigar with savage grinding of gold-filled teeth.

    Whispering Wires | Henry Leverage
  • He had oily black hair, and smiled with gold-filled teeth before one came to the real point of a joke.

    The Trail of the Hawk | Sinclair Lewis
  • Sixteen jewels in its movement and a solid gold-filled twenty-year case—and fit for any lady in the land to wear.

    A Son of the City | Herman Gastrell Seely
  • Think of it, gentlemen, these dainty violets are hand painted, and the top is solid gold-filled.

    A Son of the City | Herman Gastrell Seely