Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
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Um, well one of the things that we did in high-school which was pretty unique for us- for actually- for any high-school was ah a principal that we had, Mister-Maynor decided that he was going to make his mark on the world by taking the whole school out west for a trip. ... It cost us forty-three thousand dollars, we went the summer I was in- I- we were passing- we were at the end of grade ten- ... We went in June, we were gone for three weeks. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Interviewer: So what did you buy? Speaker: Oh, souvenirs for the family and food and um things-like-that. That was about it. Yeah, and I think I still might have a few things that I bought out west. I remember, I had one of my aunt's um- she had given us a um ah- she had given me some money to go. I think ten dollars or-something-like-that. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Interviewer: I was talking to Cleo Warner just yesterday- ... And he said he was a caller for, I think, line-dancing or- Speaker: Square-dancing probably. ... Cleo Warner, yeah out in (inc), no- no he's out west of the school isn't he. Mm-hm, I know who you mean, yeah. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Easiest way is to go south and then go do the (inc) Toronto- do Toronto, Quebec, and then go out to Labrador, Newfoundland. And then kind-of tour all the way back up and try going up, out west. Ah I've never seen or I have seen the Rockies but I've never been there. So I haven't been to that part where Vancouver is. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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... anyway, they lived in North-Cobalt and he got his cattle ah- or horses it was he got from out west and they come in a box cars and we lived right by the- w-- one side of the railroad track and the station's on the other side of it. ... (inc) go over there and- and ah watch them unload the horses and- and we played horse (laughs) |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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A lot of them went to work for the phone company Northern-Telephone, they were hiring then, stuff-like-that. A lot of guys- at that time there was this big movement out- to- to go out west. ... To the oil fields of Alberta and a lot of went a-- and a lot of them are still out there. Left in high-school and never came back and they're still there. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Like his father used to own it and they he sold it to an American company, but he still has an interest in it or works for them or-something. Then ah, Andy used to go um, out west and work you-know? And Carlota went out one year too or maybe two years and um, like if they go out west they make a lot of money and there a lot of perks you-know, they got all their room and for meals and-everything free, you-see? |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Interviewer: And where were you born? Speaker: Ah, I was born out west ah in ah a little place called Veteran in Al-- Alberta. ... It's on the border- almost on the border of Saskatchewan. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Interviewer: Did you have any brothers and sisters? Speaker: Yes, I had one sister. She was born before I was out west. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
That ah she ah- they had a school there and um- so ah- and then she um- she didn't teach out west because ah ah she got pregnant before too long. ... And ah ah they wouldn't let pregnant women teach- |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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And ah, some cousins have moved out west but there's still a few in town so we're all still really close. Yup. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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No, not vacations, I have gone skiing. Um I'm alright at it, not the best. ... And like I can do black-diamonds here but out west, I'm- ... Like at Rouyn-Noranda. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man.
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Christmas- you walked down the street and everybody had an overcoat in those days. Like you didn't see these bums walking around with- oh jeez, you wouldn't- when you were t-- when you took a girl out, you went to the house, you- you weren't properly dressed- we all wore fedoras. |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
Shirt and tie was common. But everybody had an overcoat, and at Christmas everybody carried a- had a bottle in it. |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
A bag or other container used to transport a bundle of goods; a rucksack.
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Yeah, dogging, yeah. You know that. And ah, I got bored and I had a whole bunch of nails with me in my packsack, six inch spikes and a little hammer. |
Knapsack |
Any of several (chiefly smaller) kinds of North American pike, as (more fully grass pickerel)
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Cause it's a spawning area and ah, just last week I caught a twenty-two inch pickerel with a seven-pound bass on in behind it and I couldn't keep the bass, it was a trophy bass, like it was one that you would frame |
She says pickerel fish and walleye fish are the same thing. People in the south call it walleye and people in the North call is pickerel |
Speaker: No ah, down at my cottage we could catch a fish at least every fifteen minutes. We'd catch a pickerel or- um pickerel are usually the only ones we keep but there's- Interviewer: Why? Speaker: Ah, 'cause it's not as fishy as other fish. |
She says pickerel fish and walleye fish are the same thing. People in the south call it walleye and people in the North call is pickerel |
Interviewer: I've never eaten salmon, I've eaten like tuna. Speaker: Oh, well tuna has a really strong fishy taste. Like if I were to cut up pickerel in there- Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And I were cut up fish in another room- Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: Like tuna, you would know that I was cutting up tuna in that room. You wouldn't know that I was cutting up pickerel in this room, it could be, I-don't-know, chicken (laughs), uncooked chicken, I-don't-know |
She says pickerel fish and walleye fish are the same thing. People in the south call it walleye and people in the North call is pickerel |
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Interviewer: What kind of fish do they- Speaker: Ah, pickerel- pickerel and pike, that's about- yeah, that's about it. Interviewer: I heard lots of people say walleyes- Speaker: Walleye is the same as pickerel- Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: In Northern-Ontario. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: Walleye is ah, known for the south and in the north it's Pickerel. |
She says pickerel fish and walleye fish are the same thing. People in the south call it walleye and people in the North call is pickerel |
Interviewer: What kind of fish do they- Speaker: Ah, pickerel- pickerel and pike, that's about- yeah, that's about it. Interviewer: I heard lots of people say walleyes- Speaker: Walleye is the same as Pickerel- Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: In Northern-Ontario. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: Walleye is ah, known for the south and in the north it's Pickerel. |
She says pickerel fish and walleye fish are the same thing. People in the south call it walleye and people in the North call is pickerel |