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/trˈɛʒər troʊv/ Listen

Treasure trove

noun

Treasure of unknown ownership found hidden (usually in the earth). Synonym: trove.

Any collection of valuables that is discovered. "Mother's attic was a treasure trove when we were looking for antiques"

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"Treasure trove" Quotes from Famous Books

... be surmised, had come about as the result of Ma's early reading: a haphazard choice of story books, in which were tales of treasure trove, of pirates, of wronged maidens and gallant squires—romantic stories peculiarly designed to stir a cramped imagination like hers. It was from them that she had gained her ideas of the world, her notions ...

— Flowing Gold • Rex Beach

... of history, while for him who cavils with the authenticity of this "restoration" the buried palaces of the ancient world patiently await exhumation to yield to each body its own particular members, and to each excavator his own treasure trove. ...

— Romance of Roman Villas - (The Renaissance) • Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) Champney

... particular one, your treasure trove? Of course, he will marry you as soon as the water is out of his ears, and make ...

— The Tale of Timber Town • Alfred Grace

... they term a relacion; and although they dare not approach it, it serves as a guide to mark the place, which they proceed to dig over when daylight comes—although in some cases they dare not do so, fearing that an evil spirit will draw them in—in the hope of enriching themselves with treasure trove. The same light is said by the Mexican miners to "burn" over the place where a lode of rich metallic ore exists undiscovered, or even within the workings of a mine, sometimes, when a body of rich ore has ...

— Mexico • Charles Reginald Enock

... own methods. After a long interval devoted strictly to nothing, some unfathomable impulse would incite one or two or three of the natives to tackle a trunk. At it they tugged and heaved and pushed in the manner of ants making off with a particularly large fly or other treasure trove, tossing it up the steep gangway to the level of our decks. The trunks once safely bestowed, all interest, all industry, died. We thought that finished it, and wondered why the tug did not pull out of the way. But always, ...

— African Camp Fires • Stewart Edward White

... slouch at finding things. He is no ignoramus, either, for he must be able to read and write and understand geography to get any good out of that memorandum. Does it give the exact details of the treasure trove?" ...

— The Ghost Breaker - A Novel Based Upon the Play • Charles Goddard