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habitant French
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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the dialect or patois spoken by rustic or backwoods French Canadians.
See: habitant(def. 3)
Quotations
1889
Thereupon ensued a wordy war between the carter and the passenger whose command of habitant French was most nearly equal to the occasion.