a hoard of gold coins

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• hoard — hoard1 [ho:d US ho:rd] n [: Old English; Origin: hord] a collection of things that someone hides somewhere, especially so they can use them later hoard of ▪ the discovery of a hoard of gold coins hoard 2 hoard2 also hoard up v [T] to collect and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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• Corbridge Hoard — The Corbridge Hoard is a hoard of mostly iron artefacts that was excavated in 1964 within the Roman site of Coria, next to what is now Corbridge, Northumberland, England (not to be confused with a hoard of gold coins found nearby in 1911 or a… …   Wikipedia

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