GOLD DUST Definition & Meaning

gold dust

noun

gold in fine particles.

gold dust

noun

gold in the form of small particles or powder, as found in placer-mining
a valuable or rare thing
tickets for this match are gold dust

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Origin of gold dust¹

First recorded in 1695–1705

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

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The resulting controversy was ‘gold dust’ for Migration Watch, says Green.

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Townsfolk witnessed midday gunfights, manhunts for wanted murders and stagecoach robberies, and they wagered gold dust on horse races, according to Los Angeles Times archives.

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"But when you do manage to find that member of staff that gets it, whether it’s from their own experience or training, they’re like gold dust."

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The poet Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, but by the time he wrote this verse, he had long since kicked its gold dust from his heels:

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