oroide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of oroide
1865–70, < French or gold (< Latin aurum ) + -oide -oid
Example Sentences
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Do you hold yourself quit of the duty of saying that it is second-best, that it is something mixed with copper or nickel, and of the value of oroide, say?
From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean
Why we got off at the first station we could, belongs to a little oroide gold watch and Alaska diamond deal we failed to pull off the day before, over the Kentucky line.
From The Gentle Grafter by Greening, H. C.
Curly," answered Tom, with scorn, "what you call your brains is only a oroide imitation of a dollar watch.
From Heart's Desire by Hough, Emerson
Some folks should see that my bashfulness was wearing off faster than the gold from an oroide watch.
From The Blunders of a Bashful Man by Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller
He has presented his only other jewellery—an oroide ring, set with Bristol diamonds—to the Warder who has been most attentive and devoted to him during his stay in gaol.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 29, 1890 by Various
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