"loonie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈluːni/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-ca-loonie.ogg Forms: loonies [plural]
Etymology: From loon + -ie from the depiction of a loon on the reverse (tail-side) of the Canadian one-dollar coin. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|loon|ie}} loon + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} loonie (plural loonies)
  1. (Canada, informal, numismatics) The Canadian dollar coin in common circulation since 1987. Tags: Canada, informal Categories (topical): Coins
    Sense id: en-loonie-en-noun-ufIk8Qkr Disambiguation of Coins: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
  2. (Canada, informal, by extension) The dollar as the Canadian unit of currency. Tags: Canada, broadly, informal
    Sense id: en-loonie-en-noun-KSxWVFzz Categories (other): Canadian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: doubloon, doubloonie, toonie, twonie, twoonie

Inflected forms

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    },
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