Klondike

[ klon-dahyk ]

/ ˈklɒn daɪk /

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noun

a region of the Yukon territory in NW Canada: gold rush 1897–98.

a river in this region, flowing into the Yukon. 90 miles (145 km) long.

(lowercase) Cards. a variety of solitaire.

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Examples from the Web for klondike

From the streets to the minor details, Dawson City and the Klondike were able to truly come to life.
Game of Gold Rush|Anna Brand|January 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But can Klondike compete with Mad Men and Game of Thrones?
Game of Gold Rush|Anna Brand|January 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like most poor men with dreams of making it big, Klondike begins at a card table.
Game of Gold Rush|Anna Brand|January 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Its people believed the Canadian claims had been trumped up when the Klondike fields were opened.
The Canadian Dominion|Oscar D. Skelton

The scenery of the region is described, and useful information given about the Klondike, and its flora and fauna.
A Mother's List of Books for Children|Gertrude Weld Arnold
It was the way they buried the (p. 153) dead out in Klondike.
The Red Horizon|Patrick MacGill
The almost magic name, Klondike, was on every tongue, and there were hundreds who expressed the wish that they were going along.
To Alaska for Gold|Edward Stratemeyer
He had been hoping against hope that his father would have found at least a competence in the Klondike.
The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat|Grace Brooks Hill

British Dictionary definitions for klondike

Klondike

/ (ˈklɒndaɪk) /

noun

a region of NW Canada, in the Yukon in the basin of the Klondike River: site of rich gold deposits, discovered in 1896 but largely exhausted by 1910. Area: about 2100 sq km (800 sq miles)

a river in NW Canada, rising in the Yukon and flowing west to the Yukon River. Length: about 145 km (90 miles)

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Word Origin and History for klondike

Klondike

tributary of the Yukon River in northwestern Canada, from Kutchin (Athabaskan) throndiuk, said to mean "hammer-water" and to be a reference to the practice of driving stakes into the riverbed to support fish traps. Scene of a gold rush after 1896.