see TREASURE-TROVE. Also short for treasure-trove, in sense ‘a valuable find.’
1852. M. Kittor, in Jrnl. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 391. A trove of silver coinage of the early Mogul Emperors was readily delivered up.
1888. Kipling, Plain Tales, xiii. 94. The value of her trove struck her, and she cast about for the best method of using it. Ibid. (1901), Kim, i. 11. Delighted as a child at each new trove.
1909. G. W. Young, Wind & Hill, Ded. A kingdom … More rich than childhood’s fairy trove.
