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nouna 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
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nouna region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910part of:
Definition that contains klondike
- london United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)
- dawson a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
- yukon a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s
- skagway a town in southeastern Alaska at the northern end of the Inside Passage; a gateway to the Klondike during the Alaskan gold rush
- yukon territory a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s
- jack london United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)
- john griffith chaney United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)