subs. phr. (old).—An itinerant jeweller; a buyer of old gold and silver. [GOLD-END = a broken piece of jewellery.] Also GOLDSMITH’S APPRENTICE. See Eastward Hoe.
1610. JONSON, The Alchemist, ii., 1. Dol. I know him not: he looks like a GOLD-END MAN.
1622. FLETCHER, Beggar’s Bush, iii., 1. Hig. Have ye any ENDS OF GOLD or silver?
