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noun
The Canadian dollar coin in common circulation since 1987.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, informal
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The dollar as the Canadian unit of currency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, broadly, informal
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative form of loony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
An inhabitant of Earth's Moon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Selenite, Lunarian, Lunarite, Lunite, Moonman
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the basic unit of money in Canada
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: Canadian dollar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dollar
History
From loon + -ie from the depiction of a loon on the reverse (tail-side) of the Canadian one-dollar coin.
From Luna + -ie.
