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Canuck colloq.|kəˈnʌk|
Also Kanuck, etc.
[App. f. the first syllable of Canada.]
A. n.
1. A Canadian; spec. a French Canadian.
2. A Canadian horse or pony.
3. The French-Canadian patois.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Canada or its inhabitants.
In U.S. usage, gen. derogatory.
1835H. C. Todd Notes upon Canada 92 Jonathan distinguishes a Dutch or French Canadian, by the term Kanuk. 1849J. E. Alexander L'Acadie I. xvi. 273 ‘Come boys and have some grog, I'm what you call a canuck:’ a (Canadian). 1855Knickerbocker XLV. 341 [We gave] our donkey into the keeping of a lively Canuck. 1860Holland Miss Gilbert's Career ii. 29, I'll hang on the tail of it and try legs with that little Kanuck of his. 1862Congress. Globe 29 Apr. 1867/3 To Canada to buy the little Canuck ponies. 1884Harper's Mag. June 125/1 A ‘Kanuck’ or French Canadian. 1895Century Mag. Sept. 674/2 That would be convenient over the line among the Canucks. 1904H. F. Day Kin o' Ktaadn 145 ‘Roule, roulant, maboule roulant,’ it's all Canuck but a good song. 1910T. E. Lawrence Let. 17 Dec. (1954) 121 The three Canuck priests. 1964Calgary Herald 19 Mar. 18/6 The Scottish skip missed a wide open takeout in the fifth leaving the Canucks another single. 1965H. Gold Man who was not with It xxvi. 249 Bon jour, Grack, tu viens enfin? That's Canuck for you ain't been a son to your ma. |