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Meanings of gilt in English
Usage of gilt in English
1
I looked at myself in the little gilt mirror over the mantel-piece.
2
Price 50 cents in paper cover, or One Dollar in cloth, gilt.
3
In it, written on gilt-edged paper, were the lines of the song.
4
On the gilt panels of the walls were wreaths of red roses.
5
Agüero's search for the record began with him missing a gilt-edged chance.
6
The silver gilt chain now attached to it was added in 1675.
7
England simply didn't notice the gilt-edged chance and failed to exploit it.
8
We must not touch our idols; the gilt sticks to our fingers.
9
Over the double-windowed shop was a discreet signboard in gilt letters, D.
10
The cowboy noticed that the unconscious woman still gripped the gilt clock.
11
The audience-chamber was hung with great mirrors in frames of tarnished gilt.
12
A great horseshoe rose up in tiers of gilt and red velvet.
13
They are bound in one large royal octavo volume, in Muslin gilt.
14
But leave that gilt-edged mortgage there ter stare you in the face.
15
On the white plastered walls hung family photographs in narrow gilt frames.
16
He quickly touched one of the artificial roses on the gilt frame.
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Gilt across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common