klondike

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noun a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910
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

The Klondike is a good country. — The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories, Unknown
Gladwin) NON-FICTION BOOKS The Klondike Stampede E.T. — Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools: Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists, Unknown
251 KLONDIKE NUGGETS AND HOW TWO BOYS SECURED THEM — Klondike Nuggets, and How Two Boys Secured Them, Edward Sylvester Ellis

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