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canuck
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Word definitions for canuck in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
"Canuck" is a slang term for a Canadian . The origins of the word are uncertain. The term "Kanuck" is first recorded in 1835 as an Americanism (American term), originally referring to a Dutch Canadian or French Canadian . By the 1850s the spelling with ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Canuck \Ca*nuck"\, n. A Canadian. [Slang] A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1835, perhaps a cross between Canada and Chinook , the native people in the Columbia River region. In U.S., often but not always derogatory. As an adjective from 1853.
Usage examples of canuck.
Muttering in the Canuck patois of northern New England, he pulled his little audiospectrograph from its waterproof pouch with fingers that trembled from excitement and hit the record pad.
Mentioning exotic bafflers like Canuck, poesy like Rocky Road, speaking of metal Squadrons, Luftmorders, and a fellow named Roger, the radios had become a great source of fun to the Supras.
The Remillards are members of that New England ethnic group, descended from French-Canadians, who are variously called Franco-American, Canado-AmIricaine, or more simply Canuck.
Major Finley said, "I've heard you spend your time getting Canucks off the hook.
Nigger, panface, Paddy, Limey, Nazi, raisinhead, burrboy, hooknose, greaseball, Frog, coon, Canuck, slant, jungle bunny, spear chucker.
And we’ll have a hell of a lot more of them than the limeys and Canucks will have Pups.
He made a hell of a handsome man, and the Canucks and limeys hadn’t managed to kill him yet.