rolled gold

American  

noun

1. filled gold.

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rolled gold British  

noun

1. Also called (US): filled gold.  a metal, such as brass, coated with a thin layer of gold, usually of above 9 carat purity. It is used in inexpensive jewellery

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Etymology

Origin of rolled gold

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Some have added household items, including that rolled gold known as toilet paper, serving as both coffeehouse and convenience store.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2020

I suppose this watch is gold; he'd never dare to give me rolled gold....

From Mariquita A Novel by Ayscough, John

I don't suppose you've brought along any hair tonic or rolled gold watch-chains, or similar law-defying swindles that you could sell on the plaza to the pikers of the paretic populace, have you?'

From The Gentle Grafter by Greening, H. C.

This rolled gold is used in making cheap bracelets and watch chains.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

The curtains were of heavy silk damask, the walls and ceilings covered with gilded tapestry, the lamps of rolled gold, the furniture throughout upholstered with silk damask of the most beautiful material.

From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 by Mapleson, James H.