gold dust
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Gold dust
fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining; — often used as money, being transferred by weight.
From the entry Dust.
Dutch gold, Fool's gold, Gold dust
etc. See under Dutch, Dust, etc.
From the entry Gold.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54