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loonie, n. Canad. colloq.|ˈluːniː|
Also looney, loony.
[f. loon n.2 + -ie, from the representation of a loon (or diver) on the reverse.]
The Canadian one-dollar coin introduced in 1987; also, transf., the Canadian dollar.
[1987Vancouver Sun 8 Jan. 1/1 The master dies of the new $1 coin have been lost in transit and the government has ordered a new design. The new design will be a loon, replacing the original voyageur depiction.] 1987Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Jan. a7/5 Following the typical Canadian bureaucratic foul-up with the new dollar coin, I hereby name it the ‘looney’. 1990Ottawa Citizen 26 July E4/1 ‘The Canadian dollar is very strong,’ said Berger, who added that the news could carry the loonie over 87 cents U.S. later this week. 1991R. P. MacIntyre Yuletide Blues v. 32 A loonie slides out of Boog's pocket, a loonie then twenty-five cents. 1994Outdoor Canada Summer 23/1 Glue a small compass (no bigger than a Loonie) on top of the cap. |