Definition of "gold mine" []

• Informal A rich or plentiful source of something desired. (noun)

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• "'Before that I'm taking a look round a gold mine and then going to the Kruger National Park for a few days.'"
• "Marci Burt and her potential gold mine of a landscaping client, sitting in one of the sunny front booths of Estia, sipped their lattes and let the deliciousness of the concept sink in."
• "Columbus thought that he smelled Oriental spices, which Marco Polo had described as abounding in Cipango; when he walked by the shore and saw the shells of pearl oysters, he believed the island to be loaded with pearls and precious stones; when he saw a scrap of tinsel or bright metal adorning a native, he argued that there was a gold mine close at hand."