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gold fever
noun
- greed and excitement caused by a gold rush.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gold fever1
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Example Sentences
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.
The Flying Cloud and the Staffordshire were followed by about forty fast clippers during the great gold-fever of '49.
On returning to Hobarton Captain Taylor was seized with the gold fever.
While we were surveying at "New York of the Pacific," occurred one of those little events that showed the force of the gold-fever.
When the Klondike gold fever struck the country he was one of the first to succumb to the disease.
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