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Herring-Choker

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a Maritimer, especially one from New Brunswick.

See: Maritimer

Quotations

1899

I am down among the "herring chokers" and "blue noses" for a few weeks.

1927

Behind a raised blanket a French Canadian and a "herring-choker" were tilting a bottle unespied.

1954

But talking to New Brunswick senators (male) some of them rather fancy that Premier High John can make or has made a better dicker with Maurice Duplessis. These Herring Choker senators point out that Duplessis has already peddled a lot of horse power to Ontario and indeed is selling plenty to Premier Frost et al right now.

1962

To keep the listings within bounds, the editors omitted regionalisms but included such Canadian originals as the derogatory pea-souper (for French Canadian), komatik (an Eskimo sled) and herring choker (for a Nova Scotian).