Loonie (Noun)
Meaning
The basic unit of money in Canada; "the Canadian dollar has the image of loon on one side of the coin".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- I spent all my loonies at the street vendor buying souvenirs during my trip to Ottawa.
- She inserted a loonie into the parking meter to get an hour's worth of parking time.
- After finding the lost loonie on the ground, he picked it up and put it in his pocket.
- For this purchase, I'm going to need exactly one loonie and five quarters to have enough cash.
- At the arcade, he spent most of his loonies playing his favorite video games before running out of change.