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Gold fever   /goʊld fˈivər/   Listen
Gold fever

noun
1.
Greed and the contagious excitement of a gold rush.





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"Gold fever" Quotes from Famous Books



... that the gold fever was at its height, a consequence of the discovery of the precious metal in California, in which discovery, indeed, certain members of the disbanded "Mormon" Battalion, working their way eastward, were most ...
— The Story of "Mormonism" • James E. Talmage
... the gold fever was running high in Australia, and each colony was eager to discover new diggings within its borders. Robert Austin, Assistant Surveyor-General of Western Australia, was instructed to take charge of an inland exploring party to search for pastoral country, and ...
— The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work • Ernest Favenc


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