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klondyker

/ ˈklɒnˌdaɪkə /

noun

  1. an East European factory ship

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Word History and Origins

Origin of klondyker1

C20: from the gold miners who took part in the 19th-century gold rush to the Klondike

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Example Sentences

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

They had failed, but it could never be said of a Klondyker that he had not tried.

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