Associations to the word «Klondike»

Wiktionary

KLONDIKE, noun. (figuratively) A source of wealth or something else valuable.
KLONDIKE, proper noun. A region and river in the Yukon Territory of Canada.
KLONDIKE, proper noun. (card games) A particular solitaire card game, requiring ordering randomly ordered cards according to rank.
KLONDIKE, noun. Alternative form of Klondike

Dictionary definition

KLONDIKE, noun. A region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910.
KLONDIKE, noun. A form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time.

Wise words

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Paul Gauguin