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The term treasure trove is often used metaphorically to mean a "valuable find", and hence a source of treasure, or a reserve or repository of valuable things. [4] Trove is often used alone to refer to the concept, [ 5 ] the word having been reanalysed as a noun via folk etymology from an original Anglo-French adjective trové (cognate to the ...
Some states have rejected the American common law and hold that treasure trove belongs to the owner of the property in which the treasure trove was found. These courts reason that the American common law rule encourages trespass. Under the traditional English common law, treasure trove belongs to the Crown, though the finder may be paid a reward.
Live to fight another day (This saying comes from an English proverbial rhyme, "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day") Loose lips sink ships; Look before you leap; Love is blind – The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II, Scene 1 (1591) Love of money is the root of all evil [16] Love makes the world go around
Researchers identified that at least three of these remains belonged to women, accompanied by what they described as a “small treasure trove” of jewellery, including glass beads, silver coins ...
This is the third hoard of coins to be found in the area in the past 25 years, according to the BBC. In 2011, two metal detectorists found a clay pot full of 3,784 coins, the BBC said, and in 1999 ...
Each one had meaning to me — the Figment plush from Disney World, my first Care Bear — and the idea of throwing out stuffed animals seemed mean. ... Our coat closet was a treasure trove of ...
Sideways against a seascape, red-haired and naked, she gazes down at the urn lifted towards her "with a look of animal curiosity", according to one contemporary reviewer, [45] or else "lost in contemplation of some treasure from the deep" according to another account. [46] A moulded sphinx on the unopened lid of the urn is turned in her direction.
“Every day there’s just another set of terms,” said Camille Nisich, 53, parent to a 14- and 15- year-old. ... Blowing up Gen Alpha’s treasure trove of slang was a song that went viral on ...