DCHP-3

bushwhacking ((n.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the activity of a bushwhacker (def. 1).

See: bushwhacker(def. 1)

Quotations

1826

In thousands in York alone they are flocking,
On purpose for drawing their land,
But now they've found out it's no joking,
Bushwhacking they don't understand.
1953
English-Canadians, with little tales of pioneer bushwhacking to fall back on for their historical heroisms, will never understand their French fellow-citizens until they realize that this race has passed through deep waters.