† gold-drivern.Obsoleterare a person who ‘drives’ or beats gold into thin sheets (see drivev. 13); = gold-beatern. 1a.
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1687 Elegy on Cleveland in J. Cleveland Wks. 284 As Gold-drivers that make Spangles rare, Do beat the yielding Metal into Air.