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fool's gold

noun

  1. iron or copper pyrites, sometimes mistaken for gold.


fool's gold

noun

  1. any of various yellow minerals, esp pyrite or chalcopyrite, that can be mistaken for gold
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fool's gold

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  1. Any of several minerals, especially pyrite and chalcopyrite, sometimes mistaken for gold.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fool's gold1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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Three weeks ago I wondered if the Lakers were the real deal or fool’s gold.

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Looks like they were indeed fool’s gold.

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"It was as if they were put in the ground on the day they were minted," Wells told Fool's Gold, a new BBC podcast examining the case.

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"There was this rumour going around, which means something important had been found, and the details were that someone's found a massive medieval coin hoard and there were at least 300 coins," Mr Reavill told Fool's Gold.

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“The You You Are” is self-help hackery rife with fool’s gold like, “A society with festering workers cannot flourish, just as a man with rotting toes cannot skip” encrusting bumper sticker calls for rebellion.

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