Caribooite

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Hist.

a person who went into the Cariboo Country during the gold rush, especially a placer miner.

Quotations

1862

Victoria will be . . . inundated with successful Caribooites.

1894

Driven from their work by the severe climate in the winter, the "Caribooites" spent some time and much money in that town. . . .

2n.

a resident of the Cariboo.

1869

The Victorians have an apple weighing 1 1/2 pounds, and a pear weighing 1 pound 2 ounces, for the exhibition; the Caribooites send turnips.