goldenware

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English

Etymology

From golden +‎ -ware.

Noun

goldenware (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of goldware.
    • 1882, Will S[emple] Green, “Howard Dudley”, in Sacrifice; or, The Living Dead, Colusa, Calif.: Addington & Green, page 192:
      [] This wine, my boy, is two thousand years old.” “Two thousand years old! Where did you find it?” “I found it in the ruin of Masada, some miles down the coast; I found there, at the same time, about two hundred thousand dollars in goldenware, which I have now up at the convent.
    • 1981, Howard T[homas] Odum, Elisabeth C. Odum, “International Flows of Energy”, in Energy Basis for Man and Nature, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, →ISBN, part two (Energy Systems Support Humanity), page 216:
      As true energy becomes scarce, and more people try to convert gold to meet basic needs, its price may fall back to reflect its ordinary value as a product useful in jewelry, goldenware, and industry.
    • 1988, Greg Bear, “Sleepside Story”, in Tangents, Warner Books, published 1989, →ISBN, page 73:
      He stared at the goldenware and the plates heaped with excellent food.