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keep-over
[cf. Brit. dial. keep lodge, reside]
Ottawa, Valley, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a place providing accommodation for travellers; an inn, usually of a primitive sort.
See: stopping-house
Quotations
1961
A bush super-intendant travelled from gang to gang supervising the work. Often one will hear the remark, "that place is an old 'keep-over' or 'half-way.'" They became landmarks and often villages grew up beside them thus advancing settlement in the wake of the lumber trade.