free gold

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noun

treasury gold, including the legal reserve, not restricted to the redemption of gold certificates or other specific uses.

Mining. gold found in loose particles or nuggets, as in a placer mine.

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Origin of free gold

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby free gold

free-for-all, free form, Free French, freegan, free gift, free gold, free goods, freehand, free-handed, free-hearted, freehold

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How to use free gold in a sentence

In other words, the free thinker defending freedom of thought.
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In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around.
Freaking Out About Age Gaps in Gay Relationships Is Homophobic|Samantha Allen|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Cambodia, with its seemingly free press, is also a haven for foreign journalists.
Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy|David Shaftel|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
It seemed to free her of a responsibility which she had blindly assumed and for which Fate had not fitted her.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.
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If we can free this State of Yankees, we will accomplish more than your armies down south have.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
On his head was the second-hand hat of some parvenu's coachman, gold lace, cockade and all.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills

British Dictionary definitions for free gold

free gold

noun

gold, uncombined with other minerals, found in a pure state

US the excess of gold held by the Federal Reserve Banks over the legal reserve

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