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joual
[< dial. of F cheval horse]
Cdn French
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
uneducated or dialectal Canadian French considered as debased or inferior by educated French Canadians, characterized by regional pronunciations, non-standard grammar, and often, especially in cities, by numerous English words and syntactical arrangements.
Quotations
1963
[I] have less trouble with workers' joual than with Montreal cabdrivers. . . .
1963
Gaspesiens with their thick, gutteral joual accents, make up, after Newfoundlanders, the predominant labor force of the newly opened areas of Northern Quebec and Labrador. . . .