klondyker

klondiker

/ (ˈklɒnˌdaɪkə) /

noun

British an East European factory ship

Word Origin for klondyker

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

Example sentences from the Web for klondyker

  • 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)