DCHP-3

concessions

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n. pl.

the rural or bush districts as opposed to the urban centres; back concessions.

Quotations

1924
Back in the concessions the houses are scattered, and the distance from one to another is covered at a rattling pace.
1961
"Guaranteed Employment" can take the New Party into the outlands of darkest Quebec and into the under-privileged, low-standard coves and concessions of the Atlantic Provinces. . . .