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King's ransom   /kɪŋz rˈænsəm/   Listen
King's ransom

noun
1.
A very large treasure.





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"King's ransom" Quotes from Famous Books



... I. "You have a wealth of hair, and what about the pearls behind your lips? They're worth a king's ransom." ...
— The Brother of Daphne • Dornford Yates
... Nicholas said at morning service, when 'twas freezing an inch an hour, "Please the Lord I won't stand this numbing weather no longer: this afternoon we'll have something in our insides to make us warm, if it cost a king's ransom." ...
— Life's Little Ironies - A set of tales with some colloquial sketches entitled A Few Crusted Characters • Thomas Hardy


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