caraquette

[< Cdn F < Caraquet, N.B.]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1870 quote.

Quotations

1870

"Have you Canadians any national variety of the mollusk?" "Yes, the Caraquette, a small oyster, rather salt, but very succulent."

1901

Is becos de oyster schooner she's sailin' up de bay / An' de caraquette an' malpecque will quickly melt away. . . .