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black gold
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noun
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THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?
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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…
Origin of black gold
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby black gold
Black Friday, black frost, black game, black gang, black gnat, black gold, black grouse, blackguard, black guillemot, Black Hand, black hat
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How to use black gold in a sentence
You write about the ridiculously obvious as if you have just struck black gold (oil references are also very excellent).
The young one in a black gold-laced cap talks to the elder in a scarlet gold-laced cap.
Sea and Sardinia|D. H. LawrenceBut beside it, also, lay the crumpled black gold-embroidered riding-gauntlet that Enriquez had worn at the rodeo.
Selected Stories|Bret Harte