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gold fevernoun [mass noun]The excitement associated with the urge to search for gold in recently discovered goldfields: new settlers moved to town as gold fever swept the country...- Overseas prospecting companies already have satellite data on the location of India's gold reserves and these look tempting enough to start a gold fever.
- After rounding Cape Horn, he lost most of his crew to gold fever in Valparaiso, Chile, where the venture ended.
- His governorship of Hispaniola was the low point, an outburst of gold fever accompanied by the enslavement and slaughter of the native people.
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