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Klondiker|ˈklɒndaɪkə(r)|
Also Klondyker.
[f. Klondike n. + -er1.]
1. A prospector in the Klondike. Also transf.
1897Brit. Columbia Mining Jrnl. (Ashcroft, B.C.) 9 Oct. 1/6 The venturesome Klondiker who may select this valley as his road to the diggings may rest assured that his daily bill of fare will not only be ample but of good variety. 1901Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 5 Nov. 3/2 Steamer Amur arrived from Skagway and way ports early this morning, with gold, salmon, and many Klondikers, among her 78 passengers. 1904Burgess & Irwin Picaroons 102 The Story of the Returned Klondyker. 1917Dialect Notes IV. 420 Terms from New Orleans. Klondiker, an heiress-hunter. 1954A. M. Bezanson Sodbusters invade Peace 4 There's an old trail that some Klondikers tried to take their outfits over.
2. An exporter of or dealer in fresh herring from the Scottish fisheries; a ship used for this.
1926Glasgow Herald 19 Dec. 8 The ‘Klondykers’ are..the German boats which buy the herring and transport them for sale in Germany. 1938L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. xii. 166 The herring fishing was nothing here now. He remembered when the German Klondikers used to come into Loch Seaforth and buy [herrings] from the natives on the spot. 1953Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 17 June, The klondykers, however, sent only about one-third of the 1951 quantity of fresh herring to Western Germany. 1971Stornoway Gaz. 7 Aug. 3/3 The first Klondyker of the season, from Norway, arrived at Stornoway during the week-end for a cargo of herring. |