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单词 loonie
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loonien.

Brit. /ˈluːni/, U.S. /ˈluni/, Canadian English /ˈluːni/
Forms: Also looney, loony.
Etymology: < loon n.2 + -ie suffix, from the representation of a loon (or diver) on the reverse.
Canadian colloquial.
The Canadian one-dollar coin introduced in 1987; also, transferred, the Canadian dollar.
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1987 Vancouver 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.]
1987 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Jan. a7/5 Following the typical Canadian bureaucratic foul-up with the new dollar coin, I hereby name it the ‘looney’.
1990 Ottawa 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.
1991 R. P. MacIntyre Yuletide Blues v. 32 A loonie slides out of Boog's pocket, a loonie then twenty-five cents.
1994 Outdoor Canada Summer 23/1 Glue a small compass (no bigger than a Loonie) on top of the cap.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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