CANADA
ADJECTIVES
E19 ► BLUE-NOSED pert. to being a Nova Scotian → sl.
1876 ► ACADIAN native to Nova Scotia
NOUNS
– a Canadian two-dollar coin TOONIE; TWONIE 20C Can. colloq.
– a mixed residential and business area near downtown in Toronto, Canada, whose inhabitants were believed to exist on a diet of cabbage CABBAGETOWN 1958 Can. sl.
– a name given on the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador to a narrow difficult strait or passage TICKLE 1770
– a nickname for Nova Scotia’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans DAFT 2002 Can. sl.
– Canada and the United States ANGLO-AMERICA 1846
– Edmonton, Alberta EDMONCHUK 1998 Can. sl.
– in Labrador and Newfoundland: a fisherman’s or wood-cutter’s hut TILT 1895
– in Newfoundland: a pier on which fishermen unload and dress their fish TILT 1891
– in the permafrost area of northern Canada: trees tilted in many directions by natural forces and not held by their shallow root systems DRUNKEN FOREST 1957 Can.
– McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario MAC 20C Can. sl.
– Montreal THE MOUNT 20C Can. tramps’ sl.
– New England, esp. eastern Maine, and the Maritime provinces of Canada DOWN EAST 1817 Amer. dial.
– Newfoundland THE ROCK 2001 Can. sl.
– Quebec’s high birthrate, perceived as being in retaliation for the loss of the province to England by France REVENGE OF THE CRADLE; REVENGE OF THE NURSERY 1964 Can. sl.
– Richmond, British Columbia ASIA WEST 2002 Can. sl.
– the Rest Of Canada, i.e. all of Canada except Quebec ROC 2002 Can. sl.
– the Royal Canadian Mounted Police QUEEN’S COWBOYS 1989 Can. sl.
– the Trans-Canada highway TRANCE CANADA 2001 Can. sl.
– the University of British Columbia UNIVERSITY OF A BILLION CHINKS 2001 Can. sl.
– Vancouver, British Columbia VAN 2002 Can. sl.
– Vancouver, British Columbia VANGROOVY 2002 Can. sl.
– York, a suburb of Toronto MUDDY YORK 2002 Can. sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
– a Canadian CANACK 1891 Amer. dial.
– a Canadian CANNACKER 1846 Amer. dial.
– a Canadian CANUCKER 1958 Amer. dial.
– a Canadian CHENUK 1892 Amer. dial.
– a Canadian CUNNUCK Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– a Canadian JACK CANUCK 1963 Can sl.
– a Canadian KNUCK 1891 Amer. dial.
– a Canadian; an English settler or colonist in North America ANGLO-AMERICAN 1781-2
– a Canadian person of mixed Indian and French ancestry ARI-STOCK-RAT 1962 Can. sl.
– a French-Canadian FRENCHIE; FRENCHY a1860, often derisive
– a French-Canadian JOE 1963 Can. sl.
– a French Canadian JOHNNY CRAPAUD 1805 colloq. arch.
– a French Canadian JOHNNY CRAPEAU 1805 colloq. arch.
– a French-Canadian PEA-SOUP 1896 N. Amer. sl., derogatory
– a French Canadian PEA SOUPER 1930 Amer. dial., derogatory
– a man conscripted for home defense in World War II ZOMBIE 1943 Can. sl., derisive usage
– a man from Newfoundland COD-HAULER M19 nautical sl.
– a member of an Algonquian people of southern Quebec and Labrador MOUNTAINER 1625 obs. rare
– a member of an Algonquian people of southern Quebec and Labrador MOUNTAINEER 1703 rare
– a member of an Athabaskan people of northern Alberta BEAVER 1881
– a member of the Royal Canadian (formerly North West) Mounted Police MOUNTIE 1914
– a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police YELLOW LEG 1901 Amer. colloq. hist.
– a member of the Royal Canadian Navy DORY PLUG 1995 Can. sl.
– an Anglophone (a native English speaker in Quebec) ANGRYPHONE 2002 Can. sl.
– a Native American NITCHIE 1850 Can. sl., usually derogatory
– a native of Canada (also of Louisiana) of French descent; one of the race of original French colonists, chiefly small farmers or yeomen HABITANT 1789
– a native of eastern Canada, particularly Nova Scotia, and sometimes New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island BLUE NOSER 1966 Amer. dial., sometimes derogatory
– a native of New Brunswick; implies rural stolidness and stupidity POTATO 1978 US sl.
– a native of Nova Scotia NOVY L19 sl.
– a native or inhabitant of Acadia, a former French colony on the Atlantic seaboard of North America, which included the present Maritime Provinces of Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island), or of the Maritime Provinces; spec. a French-speaking descendant of French settlers in Acadia ACADIAN 1705
– a native or inhabitant of Canada who is Black BLACK CANADIAN 1968
– a native or inhabitant of Halifax, Nova Scotia HALIGONIAN 1839
– a native or inhabitant of Hamilton, Ontario HAMBLETONIAN Bk2006
– a native or inhabitant of Hamilton, Ontario HAMILTONIAN Bk2006
– a native or inhabitant of Medicine Hat, Alberta HATTER Bk2006
– a native or inhabitant of Montreal; a citizen of Montreal MONTREALER 1877
– a native or inhabitant of Prince Edward Island SPUD ISLANDER 1957 Can. sl.
– a native or inhabitant of the Maritime provinces HERRING-CHOKER 1899 Can. sl.
– a native or inhabitant of Toronto, Ontario HOGTOWNER Bk2006
– an English-Canadian PEPSI Bk1971 US students’ sl., derisive usage
– a Newfoundlander of mixed French and Micmac ancestry JACKATAR 1966 Can. sl.
– a Newfoundlander or Nova Scotian HERRING SNAPPER Bk1934 US sea-fishing sl.
– an inhabitant of the maritime provinces HERRING 1910 US sl.
– an Ontarian from Manitoulin Island HAW-EATER 1998 Can. sl.
– a Prince Edward Islander; broadly, anyone from any of the Canadian Maritime Provinces PEA-EYE 1975 Amer. dial.
– a Prince Edward Islander; broadly, anyone from any of the Canadian Maritime Provinces P.I. 1902 Amer. dial.
– a resident of Canada MOOSE-FUCKER 2000 sl., derogatory
– a White man living with an Inuit woman BEACHCOMBER Bk1984 Can. sl.
– a young Englishman sent to western Canada to learn farming MUD PUP1955 Can. sl.
– Canadian soldiers SAD SACKS FROM HALIFAX Bk1945 jive sl.
– in Canada: a member of the regulating body of the Law Society in all provinces except New Brunswick BENCHER 1856
– in Hudson Bay: a person of mixed Scottish and Indian blood IMPROVED SCOT 1987 Can. sl.
– in mining in the Cariboo: a Canadian OATMEAL CHINAMAN 1963 Can. sl.
– the Royal Canadian Mounted Police BARNBURNERS 1979 Can. sl.
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