Treasure-trove

A treasure-trove is gold, silver, gems, money, jewellery, etc found hidden under ground or in cellar or attics, etc., where the owner of the treasure is not known. Both the legal definition of treasure trove and its treatment under law varies considerably from country to country. The term is also often used metaphorically. Collections of articles published as a book are often titled Treasure Trove, as in A Treasure Trove of Science. This was especially fashionable for titles of childrens books in the early and mid 20th century. More recently, the term has been used in the names of many World Wide Web resource sites.

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