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Maritime
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n. — Rare
the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.
See: Maritime Provinces
Quotations
1904
Like the rest "of the Maritime" the island of Prince Edward received its quota of loyalists
2n.
(used attributively) of or having to do with the Maritime Provinces or Maritimers.
Quotations
1957
He knows it . . . if he is an eastern man, when the native orchids dance in lady-slippers, the swamp maples spill arterial blood, and the succulent fiddlehead excites the Maritime palate.
1959
Maritime lobstering began in the 1850's and by 1870 the delectable crustacean had appeared on dinner tables from Maine to California.
1964
He said Maritime union would result in a two per cent saving in administrative costs. . . .