gold dust
Americannoun
noun
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gold in the form of small particles or powder, as found in placer-mining
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a valuable or rare thing
tickets for this match are gold dust
Etymology
Origin of gold dust
First recorded in 1695–1705
Example Sentences
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Gold dust and pink feathers rained down from the glass-roof atrium that day as thousands gathered.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2017
Gold dust had drawn the first prospectors to these mountains; those boys were after the weekly three-dollar salary.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 1, 2015
Gold dust sprinkles the opening credits of a film that its director describes as “warm, funny and life-affirming.”
From Time • Sep. 15, 2012
Gold dust poured into San Francisco from the launches and schooners which plied on the Sacramento River, and almost everybody in California seemed to have it in plenty.
From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs
Gold dust there was in plenty, but no COIN.
From Sally Dows by Harte, Bret
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