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gold dust

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gold dust
n
1. (Mining & Quarrying) gold in the form of small particles or powder, as found in placer-mining
2. a valuable or rare thing tickets for this match are gold dust
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Noun1.gold dustgold dust - the particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining
atomic number 79, Au, gold - a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
Translations
gold dust n → polvere f d'oro
good jobs are like gold dust these days → un buon lavoro è una rarità al giorno d'oggi
gold dust n → polvere f d'oro
good jobs are like gold dust these days → un buon lavoro è una rarità al giorno d'oggi


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"Mate," he was saying, "it's because I thinks gold dust of you--gold dust, and you may lay to that
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He was exhibited as "the Fighting Wolf," and men paid fifty cents in gold dust to see him.
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I never knew a quiet moment until I had sold two-thirds of my diamonds in London or Amsterdam, and held the value of my gold dust in a negotiable shape.
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