parcel-gilt

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adjective

partly gilded, esp (of an item of silverware) having the inner surface gilded

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Word Origin for parcel-gilt

C15: from parcel (in the obsolete adv sense: partly) + gilt 1

Words nearby parcel-gilt

parbuckle, Parca, Parcae, parcel, parcel gilding, parcel-gilt, parceling, parcel out, parcel post, parcel tanker, parcenary

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There was no mistaking this for the gaudiness and gilt of made-for-TV awards shows.
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In contrast, SIX is clearly part and parcel of the Democratic establishment.
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This happens in the art world as well, where it can be more profitable to parcel off pieces of ancient vases.
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The discrimination and slights Abe experiences are “part and parcel of what we are experiencing in the world,” says Akhtar.
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They had wandered up and down, unable to deliver themselves of their parcel.
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I queried; and as I asked the question I noticed for the first time the gilt bars on his coat sleeve.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
She folded them tightly in a handkerchief, and thrust the parcel as far as her arm could reach between the mattress and the bed.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Marcus and Farringdon's pure badger, two shillings—gilt-edged badger half-a-crown.
First Plays|A. A. Milne
He saw nothing, heard nothing, but hung upon her as though he was part and parcel of the beloved presence.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
"Now for the other parcel," said Crane, and getting the information as to ownership, he and his companions took buggy to the spot.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland

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