gold fever
greed and excitement caused by a gold rush.
Origin of gold fever
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How to use gold fever in a sentence
But with ore prices up nearly 50 percent in value over the last 12 months, gold fever has swept the rainforest again.
And now from this one burning spot gold fever struck inward to the heart of the land; burned its veins and maddened its brain.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeThe Flying Cloud and the Staffordshire were followed by about forty fast clippers during the great gold-fever of '49.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands | George Francis TrainOn returning to Hobarton Captain Taylor was seized with the gold fever.
The Book of the Bush | George DunderdaleWhile we were surveying at "New York of the Pacific," occurred one of those little events that showed the force of the gold-fever.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete | William T. Sherman
When the Klondike gold fever struck the country he was one of the first to succumb to the disease.
Thankful's Inheritance | Joseph C. Lincoln
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