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gold fever ExamplesWord Origin noun
- greed and excitement caused by a gold rush.
Origin of gold fever First recorded in 1840–50 Examples from the Web for gold fever Historical Examples of gold fever
The gold-fever was hot in their blood; and they were deaf and blind to all but the digging man.
Everett McNeil
“You shore have got the gold-fever an’ got it bad,” laughed Ham.
Everett McNeil
During my stay in Melbourne the gold-fever was at its height.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands
George Francis Train
In vain he tried to persuade his mates to follow suit, but the gold-fever had taken too strong a hold upon them.
Boomerang
While he was doing this, he suddenly felt tug after tug on his line—frenzied pulls that woke him from his gold-fever instantly.
Elliott Whitney