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fool's gold
noun
- iron or copper pyrites, sometimes mistaken for gold.
fool's gold
noun
- any of various yellow minerals, esp pyrite or chalcopyrite, that can be mistaken for gold
fool's gold
/ ڴ̅̅ /
- Any of several minerals, especially pyrite and chalcopyrite, sometimes mistaken for gold.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fool's gold1
Example Sentences
Three weeks ago I wondered if the Lakers were the real deal or fool’s gold.
Looks like they were indeed fool’s gold.
"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.
"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.
“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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