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goers and comers

Fur Trade, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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voyageurs plying between Quebec and the fur country, especially the porkeaters (def. 1a).

See: porkeater(def. 1a),comers and goers

Quotations

1843

That persons retiring from the Service, likewise Goers and Comers, or others leaving the Country be permitted to take with them not exceeding 20 pairs of Indian shoes.

1908

Fifteen days at the most it takes the "goers and comers" of Montreal to exchange their cargo of provisions for the Northerners' cargo of furs.

1943

"Northmen" they were called or "goers and corners" depending on what company they were working for.