klondike
verb1
To export fresh fish (usually herring or mackerel) rather than pickled ones.
- Related terms
- klondiker
Klondike
nounalso spelled Klondike/ˈklɒnˌdaɪk/ · /ˈklɑnˌdaɪk/
Etymology From Klondike, a region in the Yukon territory of Canada that saw a gold rush, named after the Klondike River. A corruption of Hän Tr'ondëk (“hammerstone water”) or Gwich'in throndiuk (“hammer-water”).
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Figuratively A source of wealth or something else valuable.
- That reality is spreading. Once-sizzling housing markets in Eastern Europe and the Baltic states are cooling rapidly, as nervous Western Europeans stop buying investment properties in Warsaw, Tallinn, Estonia and other real estate Klondikes.2008 April 14, Mark Landler, “Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe”, in New York Times: