Author: AVIS, WALTER S.; SCARGILL, MATTHEW H. (EDITOR)
Title: A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles
Description: Toronto, W.J. Gage Limited. 1967. (Cloth) Near fine. 925pp. Illus. boxed (as issued). Box shows wear at extremeitries. Internally, mylar protected and fine. Book plate to inside cover. This massive work, ten years in preparation, is filled with four hundred years of peculiarly Canadian words and phrases, most notably those associated with the fur trade, agricultural, lumbering and maritime pursuits.

Keywords: Agriculture, Canada, Canadian Prairies, Ethnic, Exploration, French, Fur Trade, Literature, North American Indian, Politics-Economics, Religion, Science and Mathematics, Transportation


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