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- adjective Alternative spelling of
gold-plated .
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Examples
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New ministers should also promise to change UK laws which "goldplated" European rules and prevented medical regulators giving language tests to European doctors, according to a critical report on out-of-hours services by the Commons health select committee.
The Guardian World News James Meikle 2010
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Under that was her address, and at the very bottom was a tiny goldplated plaque that read, We love you.
Family Storms 2011
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Then there's his age – he's 26 – and the fact that he's one of those super-rich people who dresses as though they've been rummaging in the sales bins at Gap, which is, to my mind, an act as ostentatious as being decked out head to foot in Versace, with diamond shoes and goldplated eyebrows.
It's our class, not our colour, that screws us up Barbara Ellen 2010
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Under that was her address, and at the very bottom was a tiny goldplated plaque that read, We love you.
Family Storms 2011
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The Golden Calf (lot 13, Evening Sale) calf, 18 carat gold, glass, goldplated steel, silicone and formaldehyde solution with Carrara marble plinth
September 2008 2008
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The Golden Calf (lot 13, Evening Sale) calf, 18 carat gold, glass, goldplated steel, silicone and formaldehyde solution with Carrara marble plinth
August 2008 2008
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Hackneyed stories of cushy jobs with goldplated perks are unfair to state sector workers, says Gus O'Donnell
Cabinet secretary slams 'absurd' misrepresentation of civil servants Polly Curtis 2010
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As we say goodbye to corporate cultures that bred behaviors based on presumed entitlement, excessive bonuses, lavish perks, and ludicrous accouterments like John Thain's $35000 goldplated "john" we need to ask ourselves this question: What are the corporate culture models and behaviors we need to say goodbye to and what are the new ones we need to say hello to?
Patt Cottingham: Goodbye/Hello 1 "AIG And Corporate Shenanigans" 2009
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Well-insured families: Those with goldplated coverage will pay more to retain their generous benefits.
Down To Brass Tacks 2008
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August 27, 2008 at 10:52 am heer u goes, one shinee goldplated cheezburger fur ur trubble, k?
KITTYOKEY - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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