klondike

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1. A river in Yukon, Canada.
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18. A particular solitaire card game, requiring ordering randomly ordered cards according to rank.

noun

1. (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.”

2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Klondike (“source of wealth”).

   “The most exclusive luxury brands are seeking their share of the klondike.”

verb

1. To export fresh fish (usually herring or mackerel) rather than pickled ones.