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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an immigrant from the British Isles, especially an Englishman, who has been in Canada long enough to have lost some of his native shortcomings.
See: improved Scotsman
This term is still heard although it seldom appears in print.
Quotations
1913
A person born in the Old Country, but of long residence in Canada.