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klondyker

klondiker

/ (ˈklɒnˌdaɪkə) /
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noun
British an East European factory ship
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Word Origin for klondyker

C20: from the gold miners who took part in the 19th-century gold rush to the Klondike
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How to use klondyker in a sentence

  • Pretty sort o' Klondyker you are—go and get nearly drowned first day out!

    The Magnetic North|Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
  • They had failed, but it could never be said of a Klondyker that he had not tried.

    The Magnetic North|Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
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