Example sentences for: loonie

How can you use “loonie” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Although the terms loonie , a diminutive noun from loon , and loony , an adjective (ultimately) from lunar are etymologically distinct, their similarity has encouraged obvious satirical connections: our economy, which is loony, has as its fundamental unit of currency the loonie; many felt that the policies of Brian Mulroney were loony.

  • We're tiny, we're tuney We haven't got a loonie Because of Brian Mulroney and the stupid G.S.T.

  • Canada almost didn't have a loonie.

  • Mulroney rhymes with loonie .

  • Once the design was released, the name bruin was suggested by many people, but the name that appears to be winning is doubloonie, combining the double loonie with a reference to a traditional coin said to be favoured by pirates—again, a not-too-subtle satirical reference to the appetite for taxation of most governments.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast