pirate treasure
Plundered gold hoard
Pirate treasure is wealth—gold coins, jewels, silver bars—supposedly buried or hidden by pirates.
The phrase evokes romanticized images of treasure maps, X marks the spot, and chests unearthed on remote islands.
In reality, pirates rarely buried their loot, preferring to spend it quickly.
The myth owes much to *Treasure Island* and similar adventure fiction.
The kids dug holes in the backyard searching for pirate treasure.
- doubloonsHistorical Spanish gold currency
- emeraldsPrecious green gemstones
- gold coinsCurrency struck from precious yellow metal
- gemstonesPolished ornamental minerals
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
pearls · plundering · Spanish Main · coin · adventure tales · chest · raiding · X marks the spot · cursed · rubies · Long John Silver · cave · desert island · pieces of eight · burying · skull · Blackbeard · skeleton
- treasure huntingmetal detecting, beachcombing, geocaching, gold panning, prospecting
- trovesgold hoard, hidden cache, secret stash
- treasure huntsclue, clues, X marks the spot, scavenger hunt, hidden objects
- treasuresjewels, gems, gold coins, crown jewel, artifacts
- Ocean MysteriesBermuda Triangle, ghost ships, shipwrecks, sea monsters, Atlantis
- dirty moneydirty money, ill-gotten gains, illicit funds, illicit gains, proceeds of crime
pirate treasuresalary
Fixed periodic employment payment
inheritance · pension · business profits · investment returns · lottery winnings
pirate treasurecharitable donations
Gifts to worthy causes
fair wages · philanthropy · tithe · alms