| 单词 | to mint gold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mint gold 4. transitive. colloquial. To make (money) quickly and easily. Also hyperbolically, as to mint gold. Cf. coin v.1 1c. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > easily to mint gold1842 to coin money1863 1842 E. Stone William Langshawe II. vii. 78 If he can but weather the corner, he'll mint gold. 1906 N.E.D. at Mint v.2 To mint money. 1968 S. L. Elliott Rusty Bugles in E. Hanger Three Austral. Plays ii. i. 71 He done six guards last week at a pound a go. He's minting money. 1990 F. Dannen Hit Men (1991) xviii. 301 The Warner labels..were minting gold with relative newcomers such as Madonna and Anita Baker. < as lemmas |
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