old gold

noun

: a dark yellow

Examples of old gold in a Sentence

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At a museum in eastern France, two men disguised with wigs used a sledgehammer and a hammer to smash a display case and make off with a 2,500-year-old gold necklace. ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 On Friday July 24 a 2,500-year-old gold collar was stolen from the archaeological museum, Musée du Pays Châtillonnais in Châtillon-sur-Seine. News Desk, Artforum, 27 July 2026 Archaeologists say that 2,000-year-old gold rings, recently found alongside human remains in western Thailand, offer new clues into the lives and social status of people who lived there during the Iron Age. Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 July 2026 This tiny neighborhood is north of Fresno, in old gold-mining country, where the Friant Dam turns the San Joaquin River into Millerton Lake. Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for old gold

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of old gold was in 1879

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“Old gold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20gold. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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