Q: "gold dust" used figuratively?

[Joel S. Berson]

Thanks for this, and the others, they support my notion that there is
a significant figurative use.

I surmise that the OED might place a "dust of Gold" quotation in
square brackets, and give the earliest "gold dust" quotation for the phrase.

Joel

At 3/26/2010 02:50 PM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
>Here is 1706 cite:
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>... having their Eyes blinded with the dust of Gold and their Tongues
>lock'd up with Silver Keys ...
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>http://books.google.com/books?id=UNc_AAAAcAAJ&q=%22dust+of+gold%22#v=snippet&
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