variants:
or fairy money
Definition of fairy gold
1
: money held to be given by fairies but turned into rubbish when put to use
2
: wealth or prosperity that may vanish as swiftly as it is acquired : precarious or illusory wealth
was to have been, according to those who profited most from its fairy gold, an era that would transcend the business cycle— Stringfellow Barr
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