cloth-of-gold
[ klawth-uhv-gohld, kloth- ]
/ ˈklɔθ əvˈgoʊld, ˈklɒθ- /
noun
a garden plant, Crocus augustifolius, of the iris family, native to the Crimean mountains, having orange-red flowers.
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How to use cloth-of-gold in a sentence
In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around.
And more than anything, I wanted a souvenir for my father, so I rolled him back, and he had gold teeth.
The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
He headed west in 1860 for health reasons and to join the gold rush in Colorado.
As far as finally being acknowledged herself with that elusive Academy gold, well, Moore says she would not take it for granted.
When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.
On his head was the second-hand hat of some parvenu's coachman, gold lace, cockade and all.
A leather swordbelt, gold-embroidered at the edges, carried a long steel-halted rapier in a leather scabbard chaped with steel.
M was a Miser, and hoarded up gold; N was a Nobleman, gallant and bold.
He thrust the Cardinal's mantle into it, and stood over the smouldering cloth, till the whole was consumed to ashes.
British Dictionary definitions for cloth-of-gold
noun
cloth woven from silk threads interspersed with gold
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