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The slide of the Canadian dollar, known as the loonie — for the bird on the one-dollar coin — will also play a prominent role as winter approaches.—Hamza Shaban, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022 On every visit, Ms. Dopp also received a new loonie from Mr. MacDonald.—New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022 If the energy markets are doing okay, so too is the loonie.—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2020 Photographer: Hong Yoon-Gi/AFP via Getty Images Investor anxiety that’s swept the globe over the coronavirus extended to Canadian stocks and the loonie after a second person in Toronto tested positive for the illness.—Shelly Hagan, Bloomberg.com, 29 Apr. 2020 See all Example Sentences for loonie
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Etymology
from the image of a loon on the obverse of the coin
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