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gold dust

noun

  1. gold in fine particles.



gold dust

noun

  1. 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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gold dust1

First recorded in 1695–1705
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Example Sentences

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Owen says this is typical of many people he treats: "When people get to these crossroads, when they wake up and realise what they are doing, that's a gold dust moment for me."

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Professor Mahesh Anand is the only scientist in the UK to have been loaned this extremely rare material, which he describes as "more precious than gold dust".

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He said the video the pair allegedly filmed of "the moment the world famous tree was cut down" was "gold dust" and would have "gone viral".

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But every now and then you get a gift of gold dust like Conrad.”

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PokiChloe compared those cards that get a 10 to "gold dust".

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