Question

Read the following sentence from “The Gift if the Magi” by O. Henry. What is the meaning of the word sterling? Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling—something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.

Answer 1

sterling in this case means, something of values

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Answer 2

The word sterling, in this case, means something of value. They are referring to getting something that is valuable.