Golconda

noun

Definition of Golcondanext
as in gravy train

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  1. gravy train
  2. bonanza
  3. stash
  4. hoard
  5. armory
  6. storehouse
  7. cache
  8. repository
Noun
  • The gravy train College is huge business: a hundreds-of-billions machine with donations of $58B last year alone.
    thehustle.co, thehustle.co, 25 Oct. 2024
  • This just-okay kids’ film — the sort trying to capitalize on the Harry Potter gravy train way after the fact — is set in the 1950s as a boy, Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), is sent to live with his eccentric uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) after his parents’ tragic death.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of gravy train
Noun
  • And between a scoring bonanza in Tampa Bay and a last-second game-winner in Arizona, there was a lot going on in the National Football League.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Revolve Beauty Advent Calendar 2024 2/11 Beauty Advent Calendar 2024 Revolve is one of our favorite destinations for trendy fashion but don't sleep on the retailer's bonanza of an advent calendar.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 13 Sep. 2024
Definition of bonanza
Noun
  • An outer stash pocket stores wet skins, a helmet, or other quick-access items while keeping them out of the way of diagonal ski and vertical board carry.
    Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Legend says the outlaw Butch Cassidy hid vast stashes of loot across the West.
    Ethan Blevins, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of stash
Noun
  • The second photo captures Teigen hilariously dressed as the viral, sad-looking Oompa Loompa serving candy to a hoard of children from a Willy Wonka experience gone wrong.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The hoard, which was rooted in Dale’s autism spectrum disorder, was a large factor in his divorce from Darren’s mother, Celeste, and his difficult relationship with his two sons, Darren and Adam.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of hoard
Noun
  • Surrender, then, will come not when the opponent’s numbers are diminished and its armory empty but when the survivors’ shield of silicon is rendered incapable of saving its technological assets—and finally its human deputies.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Fortunately, Joe and the band of gray guys were successful in crossing the border into Mexico without their armory being detected, taking out a cartel patrol, and quickly tac-ing up.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of armory
Noun
  • The properties include the former powerhouse and storehouse of the hospital campus and the home of the IMPD Mounted Patrol, which will be vacated soon, DMD officials said in the request.
    Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The city was home to storehouses filled with grain exported from Egypt and North Africa during the reign of emperor Augustus (31 BCE to 14 CE).
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of storehouse
Noun
  • The startling multiplication of the contests reminds me of the summer of 2020, when otherwise rational-seeming people suggested that the FBI was planting caches of fireworks in various American cities as part of a convoluted psyop.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The Snapdragon 8 Elite cores feature 192KB L1 cache per Prime core and 128KB per Performance core for a total of 12MB L2 cache per user.
    Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of cache
Noun
  • The instructions are fairly basic, and the main repository for projects is online.
    Bob Beacham, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
  • My shower is basically one big repository for shampoos that promise to fight flakes, soothe itchiness, and deliver a sense of calm.
    Allure Editors, Allure, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of repository
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