goldback
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]goldback (plural goldbacks)
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- A unit of the Goldback currency system containing 1/1000th of a troy ounce of pure gold
- (countable, US, slang, historical) A kind of gold certificate with an orange back.
- Synonym: yellow boy
- Any member of species Pentagramma triangularis of ferns.
- Any member of genus Pityrogramma of ferns.