Lexicographical Neighbors of Goldbugs
Literary usage of Goldbugs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Letters of John Hay by William Roscoe Thayer (1916)
"He has succeeded in scaring the goldbugs out of their five wits; if he had scared
them a little, they would have come down handsome to Hanna. ..."
2. School History of the United States by Albert Bushnell Hart (1920)
"The " goldbugs," as the friends of gold coinage were called, pointed out that in
... It happened that the goldbugs were strong in the eastern states and the ..."
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