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goldie
noun 5name 4
Collocations
3ADJ.
lucky, older
VERB + GOLDIE
give
PREP.
than
Definitions
name
1
A female given name from English for a girl with golden hair, mostly American usage around 1900. It was further popularized by actress Goldie Hawn
2
A male or female given name from English for a golden-colored dog or bird
3
A surname.
4
A town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, central Victoria, Australia
noun
1
Something which is golden in color.
You'd expect the rainbows and possibly the browns, but not the blues and the goldies, which can look truly spectacular.
The coupons were called greenies, brownies, and goldies. A bicycle could be gotten for 500 goldies. Neither Ray nor I ever acquired a bicycle. But I accumulated a cigar box full of greenies, brownies and a few goldies.
2
Something which is golden in color.
Young "baldies" look just like "goldies" and are often shot by mistake.
[…] the golden eagle is the champion predator. And the most handsome, according to ornithologists, who affectionately call their subjects "goldies".
3
Something which is golden in color.
“Each time the golden plover moved, its dunlin attendant followed, but when the goldie flew off to land on a wooden post, it triggered a bizarre cameo.
Both grey and golden had the folk name "whistling plover" in Britain, but you know from the habitat that Burns must have had the goldie in mind in his line, The deep-toned plover gray, wild whistling on the hill
4
Something which is golden in color.
I have tried Inga seed for canaries and goldfinches for three or four months, and can speak well of it. My birds, goldies especially, are very fond of it; these will pick it out and leave the canary seed, which they scarcely touch now.
Mr. Peter Scott, Lauder, related that Goldfinches were common in Lauderdale about forty-five years ago, and that their nests were sometimes found about that time in the grounds of Thirlestane Castle. The rocky deans near the sea-coast at Lamberton are also said to have been frequented by "Goldies" in former times, and they were likewise found about Fairneyside.
5
Something which is golden in color.
Outdoor ponds provide the perfect environment for goldies and Koi.
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You'd expect the rainbows and possibly the browns, but not the blues and the goldies, which can look truly spectacular.
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The coupons were called greenies, brownies, and goldies. A bicycle could be gotten for 500 goldies. Neither Ray nor I ever acquired a bicycle. But I accumulated a cigar box full of greenies, brownies
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We began by experimenting in the Greyston kitchen during the night. We made brownies, goldies, coffee cakes […]
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Goldie is a lucky dog.
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It made a lot of sense to us to adopt a dog now because we realized that we could give Goldie the time and the attention and care that she needed.
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At 10½, Goldie is older than most adoptees.
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