Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Treasure found hidden.
- noun Law Silver or gold in the form of bullion, plate, or money that is found hidden and has no known owner.
- noun A discovery of great value.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Treasure found and appropriated; specifically, in English law, any money or coin, gold, silver plate, or bullion, of unknown ownership, found hidden in the earth or in any private place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Common Law) Any money, bullion, or the like, found in the earth, or otherwise hidden, the owner of which is not known. In England such treasure belongs to the crown; whereas similar treasure found in the sea, or upon the surface of the land, belongs to the finder if no owner appears.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
treasure found of particularly great value. - noun law Silver, gold or money that is found hidden and has no identifiable owner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any collection of valuables that is discovered
- noun treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Buoyed up by a treasure-trove of unpublished letters and journals, Ms. Cooper has no trouble in establishing the liveliness of her subject's personality, her centrality to Millais's paintings and her resourcefulness when ganged up on by the Ruskins.
A Far From Model Marriage D.J. Taylor 2011
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We spoke to Southern Foodways Alliance director John T. Edge, a fellow fan of The Twisted Spoke in Chicago; and craft beer expert Joshua M. Bernstein, who tipped us off about the treasure-trove of Belgian beers at Ebenezer's in Lovell, Maine....
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In other articles, Preston discovers a treasure-trove of wondrous trees in the most unlikeliest of places; as well as the finding of an ancient tapestry at the Metropolitan Museum that when turned over for repair, reveals a back side that has rarely seen the light, still in its original breathtaking detail.
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We spoke to Southern Foodways Alliance director John T. Edge, a fellow fan of The Twisted Spoke in Chicago; and craft beer expert Joshua M. Bernstein, who tipped us off about the treasure-trove of Belgian beers at Ebenezer's in Lovell, Maine....
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In other articles, Preston discovers a treasure-trove of wondrous trees in the most unlikeliest of places; as well as the finding of an ancient tapestry at the Metropolitan Museum that when turned over for repair, reveals a back side that has rarely seen the light, still in its original breathtaking detail.
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Even though I've read the story a half-hundred times since, I still keep hoping he'll make it — but he never does (except in the original "story for boys" that King Hendricks and I discovered when I was working with him at Utah State in l966 with the treasure-trove of Londoniana donated by Irving Shepard).
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What may sound silly and foolish to one maybe a treasure-trove for another!
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What may sound silly and foolish to one maybe a treasure-trove for another!
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He made another discovery of treasure-trove in the library.
Chapter 8 2010
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Buoyed up by a treasure-trove of unpublished letters and journals, Ms. Cooper has no trouble in establishing the liveliness of her subject's personality, her centrality to Millais's paintings and her resourcefulness when ganged up on by the Ruskins.
A Far From Model Marriage D.J. Taylor 2011
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