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单词 klondiking
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Klondikingn.

/ˈklɒndʌɪkɪŋ/
Forms: Also Klondyking, and with small initial.
Etymology: < Klondike v. + -ing suffix1.
1. Prospecting in the Klondike during the gold-rush period.
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > prospecting > types of prospecting for gold, diamonds, or opal
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river digging1850
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potholing1885
sniping1897
Klondiking1900
specking1901
pork-knocking1965
1900 J. London Let. 31 Jan. (1966) 87 I spoke at length in previous letter concerning my tramping and Klondiking.
2. Dealing in or exporting fresh herring from the Scottish fisheries.
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society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [noun] > exporting > types of exporting practices
dumping1883
dump1884
Klondiking1927
1927 J. T. Jenkins Herring 132 The ‘freshing’ export trade, known as ‘Klondyking’.
1927 J. T. Jenkins Herring 146 While trawled herring are unsuitable for pickling, they are well adapted for ‘Klondyking’—a method of preparing herring for export practically fresh by sprinkling them with salt and ice.
1930 P. F. Anson Fishing Boats & Fisher Folk E. Coast Scotl. 20 On an average about 12 per cent [of the herring catch] is exported fresh to Germany. This freshing export trade is known as ‘klondyking’.
1973 Stornoway Gaz. 27 Jan. 1/1 The herring was disposed of as follows: Freshing and kippering—27 crans; klondyking—3,565 crans.
1973 Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 21 Feb. 9/1 Ullapool.— Herring 3420 crans—1430 crans for home market, £5·50 to £6·70; 220 for freezing, £4·60 to £5; 120 for canning, £4·50 to £5; 1650 for klondyking.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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