DCHP-3

buck the brigade

Northwest, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1934
They could never be certain of the irresponsible and excitable Metis, who child-like would promise anything in the winter to get an advance on next season's wages, but when in the spring the time came to man the boats the Metis would generally refuse and, in local parlance, "buck the brigade."