One accustomed to beat about or make his way through bushes; a backwoodsman, a bush-ranger.
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Well bush-whacker normally is just a lumber-jack. No, he's- he's- he was a cutter in the bush. You-know the guy that (inc) on stuff and cut the- usually and then it was mostly the four foot pulp-wood as they call it eh? |
lumberjack |
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I re-- kind-of realized that the- the maybe salary was what? Thirty-five or so and- and ah bush-work and the-rest-of-that is not ah- is not one to last too long on |
Employment without fair pay or benefits. |
To invite to come on, allure, incite; fig. to encourage the growth of, bring on.
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'Cause this one frien-- my one friend- when he was calling all on his brother. So he just came in with his hat- Interviewer: He was what- he was what? Speaker: Calling on his one friend's brother. So- but this kid like who was calling on my friend Matthew. He was afraid that he had like AIDs or-something. So he wrapped over his hat over his hand and just went up to him and just started hammering him. |
To challenge to fight. |
carnival; also, a person who works at a carnival.
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Ten minutes later, there the carney walks by- just puked all over him by accident. |
A person who works at a carnival. |
Speaker: But some of the carneys- they'll rip you off if they have the chance. Interviewer: Really? Speaker: My friend dropped his wallet and the carney stole it on him. Then he ended up fighting the carney afterwards. |
A person who works at a carnival. |
'Cause he- he went on that spinny thing that dropped out. And the carney just went by- picked it up. |
A person who works at a carnival. |
Yeah. I was like, "Good for you man. Don't let no carney rip you off." |
A person who works at a carnival. |
‘Customer’, fellow, lad.
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One chap in particular by the name of Daniel-Koo who ended up at the University-of-Toronto in the school of dentistry. |
Man or boy |
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Yeah, she'd married a chap from Peru. Oh it's a lot of it's in that book. Um and had three children and then she married- they separated and she came back to Kirkland-Lake and she met- married a chap from here, who I stood up for, for when she got married and I was- we were really- Richard and I were really happy about that because there was a good union. |
Man or boy |
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Another chap too that's ah one of the younger fellas, he didn't go or get overseas but he was an American and- and ah ah when the Korean-War started, he didn't go back to the States. When the Korean-War started, he had no service in the American army so he was drafted. And he was killed in Korea. |
Man or boy |
No, I was alright in that because of their correspondence, I was pretty good- pretty good in the formal- formal grammar English. Ah one of the other chaps too, they had an English department, he had his thing for killing time before |
Man or boy |
What ah what did we do? The only guy I- one- one chap I had to throw out of there because he was- he wanted out, he was taking- he was fifteen and wanted out of the thing, so I finally threw him out physically. |
Man or boy |
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Yeah, well I'll tell him that and ah- so there was a- chap came that had- where did he meet him? |
Man or boy |
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All of this food arrived and we couldn't possibly eat it all. But ah he wa-- he was a really fine chap. And was- what was I going to say. Something else about them. |
Man or boy |
A stuffed-over couch or sofa with a back and two ends, one of which is sometimes made adjustable.
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Interviewer: Was there any like words that like people used to use back in the day, like chesterfield for couch that they don't use anymore- Speaker: Oh sure, yeah, chesterfield, yeah. |
A couch or sofa |
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I'm sorry I couldn't (laughs) be more of a help with that word, chesterfield. My dad uses weird words though sometimes. He'll- he'll use big words and he'll just slip it into everyday conversation. |
A couch or sofa |
Free from anxiety or stress; relaxed, calm; easy-going, laid-back. Also as a general term of approval: excellent, admirable, ‘cool’.
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Yeah, he's my favourite. I-don't-know, he's just so relax and chill about everything. |
Free from anxiety or stress; relaxed, calm; easy-going, laid-back. Also as a general term of approval: excellent, admirable, ‘cool’. |
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What no? Um, my parents are actually very, very chill, very chill. Um, they are- they discipline when discipline needs to, but like they're pretty much like they're not like, "Don't go out of the house blah-blah-blah," you-know? |
Free from anxiety or stress; relaxed, calm; easy-going, laid-back. Also as a general term of approval: excellent, admirable, ‘cool’. |
They're so chill, they're funny. You would get along with my dad. |
Free from anxiety or stress; relaxed, calm; easy-going, laid-back. Also as a general term of approval: excellent, admirable, ‘cool’. |
Um, so normally I have a hockey game in the afternoon, one or two on Saturday and then Sunday, I- it's normally just a chill day so I normally like go out Saturday night, you-know, get my freak on (laughs). |
Free from anxiety or stress; relaxed, calm; easy-going, laid-back. Also as a general term of approval: excellent, admirable, ‘cool’. |