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Dawson

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Daw·son  (dôsn)
A town of western Yukon Territory, Canada, at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers. A boom town during the Klondike gold rush of the late 1890s, it was the territorial capital from 1898 to 1951. Population: 1,330.
Dawson [ˈdɔːsən]
n
(Placename) a town in NW Canada, in the Yukon on the Yukon River: a boom town during the Klondike gold rush (at its height in 1899). Pop.: 1988 (1995 est.)
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Noun1.DawsonDawson - 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 Territory, Yukon - a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s


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When we get to Dawson we're quit of him--that's the agreement.
The Red One by London, Jack View in context
In the days that followed, as Dawson grew closer and closer, Buck still continued to interfere between Spitz and the culprits; but he did it craftily, when Francois was not around, With the covert mutiny of Buck, a general insubordination sprang up and increased.
The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context
A little further up the road Dawson himself was lying on his face, quite dead, with an empty revolver in his hand and four Sepoys lying across each other in front of him.
Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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