| 单词 | mud pup |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmud pup mud pup n. Canadian slang a young Englishman sent to western Canada to learn farming; a student of agriculture. ΚΠ 1955 Maclean's 2 Apr. 80/2 When the war [of 1914–18] started the Mud Pups joined up to the last man and the bachelor population of Duncan vanished overnight. 1957 R. Barratt Coronets & Buckskin xviii. 164 Mudpups were unwanted younger sons whose parents gave a premium to have them taught farming. 1994 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 28 Jan. a15 For a modest fee of $60 a month, errant sons of the gentry would be sent to learn farming... We called these boys the Mud Pups. Then the war came..and..the Mud Pups all left to volunteer. < as lemmas |
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