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fool's gold
noun
: a mineral that looks like gold
Full Definition of FOOL'S GOLD
: pyrite; broadly : any of various pyritic minerals resembling gold
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First Known Use of FOOL'S GOLD
1872
Rhymes with FOOL'S GOLD
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