crock of gold
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Etymology
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Etymology
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From
crock
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of
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gold
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Noun
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crock
of
gold
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plural
crocks of gold
)
a valuable but elusive treasure
"It was like turning up a crock of gold," he remembers. "It was absolutely wonderful."
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1844
, Martin Farquhar Tupper,
The Crock of Gold: A Rural Nobel
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crock
crock of shit
pot of gold
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