DCHP-3

Lakes

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n. pl.

Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior.

Quotations

1812
They know that if they command the Lakes, upper Canada must fall.
1901
In the Canada beyond the Lakes, where men are making empire, the sons of these Glengarry men are found.
1936
When the deep-water sailor goes on the lakes, he has a tendency to criticize the methods and refer to the lakers as farmers, niggerhead sailors, and other salt-water jokes.