paper gold
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of paper gold
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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He reminds us of the many materials from which money has been fashioned—seed, silver, paper, gold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Sure, there are folks who have managed to humiliate themselves with the toilet paper gold rush and mask hoarding, defiant barhopping and denial.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2020
On paper, gold may have hit a two-year low, but in the physical market sellers are reporting rampant demand.
From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2013
The paper gold will go by the name Special Drawing Rights, or SDRs, and will be administered by the IMF.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whether a fertile land, and the industry of its inhabitants, would not prove inexhaustible funds of real wealth, be the counters for conveying and recording thereof what you will, paper, gold, or silver?
From Querist by Berkeley, George
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