Klondike king

Slang, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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one of the gold miners in the Klondike who struck it rich.

Quotations

1910

"The Klondike Kings are in there, hard at it. They've been playing now for twenty-four hours, and goodness knows when they'll let up."

1938

No matter how crowded the boats were, there was always room for a "Klondike King" and his sweetheart or wife.