Klondikern.
/ˈklɒndʌɪkə/ 1. A prospector in the Klondike. Also transferred.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > prospector > for gold or diamonds
gold-finder1578
fossicker1852
Klondiker1897
sniper1902
pork-knocker1910
1897 Brit. Columbia Mining Jrnl. (Ashcroft, Brit. Columbia) 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.
1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 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.
1904 G. Burgess & W. Irwin Picaroons 102 The Story of the Returned Klondyker.
1917 Dial. Notes 4 420 Terms from New Orleans. Klondiker, an heiress-hunter.
1954 A. 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.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > vessels which store, freeze, or transport fish
well-boat1614
fish-pool1718
sack ship1732
well smack?1758
carrier1825
sale-boat1840
ice boat1846
plunger1860
runner1881
pound-boat1884
run boat1884
fish-carrier1886
smacka1891
shacker1902
Klondiker1926
factory trawler1928
society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > importer or exporter > types of
provision importer1885
net exporter1890
dumper1903
Klondiker1926
parallel importer1980
1926 Glasgow Herald 19 Dec. 8 The ‘Klondykers’ are..the German boats which buy the herring and transport them for sale in Germany.
1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 30 Jan. 8/1 It was pointed out that, if the curers refused to handle the Sunday-caught fish, exporters and klondykers would get supplies at a very cheap rate.
1938 L. 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.
1953 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 17 June The klondykers, however, sent only about one-third of the 1951 quantity of fresh herring to Western Germany.
1971 Stornoway 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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