Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of gold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of gold.
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- adjective Lacking
gold
Etymologies
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Examples
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If Bre-X does turn out to be goldless, folks like him may start to believe Mark Twain's adage: a mine is just a hole in the ground with a liar at the top.
Buy This Stock, Eh? 2008
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Taxpayers revolt against the illegal terrorist communist goldless heathens from Mexico!
An Inconvenient Truth: The L.A. Times, The LAUSD, And Boston Public Schools 2006
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He had sold out, and he was feeling like the man who parts for a song with shares in an apparently goldless gold mine, only to read in the papers next morning that a new reef has been located.
Jill the Reckless 1928
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Jack, too, was jubilant to be leaving that "goldless, grubless spot."
Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923
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Two goldless counties bordering Lander, Nye and Pershing, had unemployment rates in November of 10.5 percent and 8 percent, respectively.
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network 2009
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Two goldless counties bordering Lander, Nye and Pershing, had unemployment rates in November of 10.5 percent and 8 percent, respectively.
NYT > Global Home 2009
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The United States should have sold off all its gold to any nations that wanted it and then, goldless, demonstrated how entirely unimportant was gold to the value of its dollar.
Mises Dailies 2009
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