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Synonyms for klondike
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : klon-dahyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈklɒn daɪk |
Définition of klondike
Origin :- 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.
- As in Alaska : noun u.s. state
- With him came the first bull-dog that had ever entered the Klondike.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Different from the Mackenzie toboggans were the Klondike sleds with runners under them.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- And here, in the Klondike, the leader was indeed the leader.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- There then entered, somewhat to my uneasiness, the Klondike woman and her party.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It was the Klondike person, radiant in the costume of black and the black hat.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The Klondike person in the beginning finely maintained her reserve.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- So Beorn was not the culprit, nor was his phantom-self from the Klondike.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- You said he'd run off to go gold-diggin' in the Klondike or somewheres.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He only knows one word of English and that's Klondike, Klondike.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- The Klondike hammered it with mighty bergs, black and heavy as a house.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
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