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fairy gold

fairy gold noun: money or gold given by fairies that turns into rubbish when put to use or when the magic diminishes.

Noun

fairy gold (usually uncountable, plural fairy golds)

  1. (literally, usually) Money or gold given by fairies that turns into rubbish when put to use or when the magic diminishes.
  2. (figuratively, usually) Wealth or treasure that appears valuable but is actually worthless or vanishes quickly; illusory wealth.

Forms of fairy gold

pluralfairy golds

Questions about fairy gold

What does fairy gold mean?
Fairy gold means money or gold given by fairies that turns into rubbish when put to use or when the magic diminishes.
What part of speech is fairy gold?
Fairy gold is a noun.
What is the plural of fairy gold?
The plural of fairy gold is fairy golds.

Words near fairy gold in the dictionary

  1. fairy godfathers
  2. fairy godmother
  3. fairy godmothers
  4. fairy godparent
  5. fairy godparents
  6. fairy gold
  7. fairy golds
  8. fairy hill
  9. fairy hills
  10. fairy kei
  11. fairy lace

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