I am a winter bank that holds no paper money, guards frozen white treasures, and disappears completely when spring arrives. What am I?
A snowbank
This riddle uses a double meaning of the word 'bank.' While a traditional financial bank stores paper money, a snowbank is a pile of snow formed by winter winds that melts away when spring arrives.
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