old gold
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of old gold
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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He thinks his conservative neighbors here in the Sierra foothills where old gold country merges with swanky Sacramento suburbia are, too.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024
The men own a Scottish-made brick recovered from an old gold mine in Washington state, USA.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024
It was declared incomparable yet compared to everything: old gold, the clear autumn air.
From Washington Post • May 11, 2021
A rival experiment called the LZ Dark Matter Experiment, also using eight tons of xenon, was being assembled in an old gold mine that is now the Sanford Underground Research Facility, in Lead, S.D.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2020
Two queen’s men brought forth the Horn of Joramun, black and banded with old gold, eight feet long from end to end.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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