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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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