noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His printing business has turned out to be a real goldmine .
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I bet that corner shop's a goldmine .
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It's just a scruffy little beach café, but in summer it's an absolute goldmine .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Consumerism, the modern goldmine and pipeline, roll merrily along.
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It was loth to do this because the bonds were a potential goldmine when the junk-bond market recovered.
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It was the kiss that did for me, I think, not being called a goldmine .
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Manufacturers of computer-aided design systems are jockeying aggressively to take advantage of this potential goldmine .
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One unfortunate woman who ran a discount shoe store was oblivious to the fact she was sitting on an old school goldmine .
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This was never well stocked and could hardly have been a goldmine .
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Yet, in terms of potential, Sam had a shrewdness and a mind which was akin to an untapped goldmine .