crock of gold

English

Etymology

From crock + of + gold

Noun

crock of gold (plural crocks of gold)

  1. a valuable but elusive treasure
    "It was like turning up a crock of gold," he remembers. "It was absolutely wonderful."
    • 1844, Martin Farquhar Tupper, The Crock of Gold: A Rural Nobel

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