goldmine
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- noun
- /ˈɡoʊlˌmaɪn/
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mina de oro
- This shite won't stop in my lifetime because there is a goldmine of natural gas in the Marcellus Shale alone.
Examples
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Luckily for you, I wrote an article about this very question for Goldmine magazine about 15 years ago.
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Then the railroad arrives, and a goldmine is discovered!
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But this is, this is not a goldmine.
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A goldmine right over our heads!
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In "The Art of Exceptional Living," Jim Rohn tells the story of a man being invited to dig for gold in a goldmine guaranteed to yield a high return.
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And in a previous incident at the Mount Adelaide goldmine, "Mr. Mahoney handcuffed a boy to a truck in the tunnel and left him there for some time because he owed him money."
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The explorers were thrilled when they finally found a goldmine deep in the mountains.
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After years of searching, they discovered an old goldmine that had been forgotten.
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The local museum displays artifacts from a historic goldmine that was once a major source of wealth.
Synonyms
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A place where people dig to find gold
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Goldmine comes from the simple parts gold ('a shiny metal') and mine ('a place you dig'). A goldmine is literally a place where people dig to find gold.