Golconda

noun

Definition of Golcondanext
as in gravy train

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  1. gravy train
  2. bonanza
  3. stash
  4. hoard
  5. armory
  6. storehouse
  7. cache
  8. repository
Noun
  • At first, investors were throwing themselves at any opportunity to hop on the gravy train with the hope of cashing in big.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 25 June 2026
  • And for Matthews, a merch vendor hawking Knicks T-shirts near MSG, a Game 6, or even Game 7 victory would only mean the gravy train keeps on rolling.
    — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
Definition of gravy train
Noun
  • Club homeowners are not merely annoyed by tourist bonanzas like the World Cup — Airbnb is FIFA’s official lodging partner — or the Ultra music festival, Spring Break and Formula 1 weekend.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • But that’s just part of the bonanza in fees from the largest IPO in history.
    — Hugh Son,Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Picker,Ritika Shah, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of bonanza
Noun
  • Prosecutors also cited his possession of $15,000 in cash, four cell phones, two driver’s licenses, camping gear, and a stash of Viagra.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026
  • Chinese fund managers have increasingly courted Middle Eastern sovereign wealth to seek funding, but the Gulf's money pool is far smaller than America's – and shallower than China's own wealth stash, Hu said.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of stash
Noun
  • In return, the British Museum will loan treasures from the Sutton Hoo hoard — artifacts from a 7th century Anglo Saxon ship burial — and other items to museums in Normandy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • In simpler terms, that appears to just mean a hoard of bitcoin.
    — Dan Alexander, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of hoard
Noun
  • See The Sight Of John Brown's Raid Near the rivers sits the original armory guard house, where in 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a legendary but ultimately unsuccessful slave revolt.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
  • During the Vietnam War, irate protesters splashed blood on military recruiters and firebombed the local armory.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of armory
Noun
  • But another petitioner, Sylvi, brings a troubling complaint against King’s Landing’s highborn, who filled their storehouses while the city’s normies struggled to fill their dinner plates.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • Every book, conversation, documentary and memory adds to a personal storehouse of ideas.
    — Cheryl Russell, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of storehouse
Noun
  • And yet, despite the flood of options, there’s even more to come, including a new addition to Ja Morant’s ever-expanding cache of Air Force 1 styles.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 19 July 2026
  • Those who’ve been up enough cache with the brand, and have extremely deep pockets, can commission a vehicle with the engine through the company’s new one- and few-off division, Programme Solitaire.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 July 2026
Definition of cache
Noun
  • This capability allows for longer coding sessions, large repositories, and workflows combining text, images, and other information, according to Moonshot.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
  • That process may reveal fake repository names the models invent regularly.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of repository
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