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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He was about thirty-eight years old then. Before that he 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. |
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Then she went to Sudbury, took some courses there. Graduated from the R-P-N program there, I think. And then came back and finished her R-N school here. And then ah she moved out west for a job in nineteen-eighty and then I think married my dad then. |
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 bag or other container used to transport a bundle of goods; a rucksack.
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So yeah, I notice some- either they say different words like- like I used the example today about "packsack", she uses "kitbag", um, so either they say different words or their pronunciation's a little different than ours. Y-- yeah, that's pretty much what it is. |
Knapsack |
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Speaker: They will stalk a person for food. Interviewer: Oh wow. Speaker: Yeah. You're the food. Interviewer: Wow. Speaker: Not your packsack. You. |
Knapsack |
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Speaker: Okay bye. Interviewer: Bye. Speaker: Nice packsack. I ended up going out with Ron-Schaffer, he was about Robert's age, he was an older one, really nice guy but didn't work, went back to my old boyfriend and then- but he was the worst. |
Knapsack |
In Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and other areas of Spanish and Portuguese influence: (a title of) a Christian clergyman, esp. a Roman Catholic Priest.
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And she said the Padre would come maybe once every two weeks to say Mass. |
A Christian clergyman. |
A portable platform on which goods can be moved, stacked, or stored, especially with the aid of a forklift truck; a tray or container for packing and conveying goods.
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We had to do our jobs. Mine was to water the garden, we had a creek. Didn't have hoses in those days you-know. I had to carry pallets of water to water the plants and- and it was my j-- one of my jobs. |
some sort of platform |
to go to parties, celebrate, drink, etc., esp. unrestrainedly
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So they were real party types too so we partied hardy (laughs) and the music was so good. It was a young gentlemen and a lady, they weren't married but I swear they had a stock of- stack of music that I- they could play anything. |
Term used to party for a long time. |
To move or drive quickly; to hurry, race.
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Ah, I-don't-know, this one kid got caught like smoking a joint in the bathroom and he just peeled right out. He just left the school. No one could find him. Nothing. They had teachers looking all over for him and-everything. It was crazy. |
To leave quickly |
To run out, decrease, or fade; gradually to come to an end or cease to exist.
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Speaker: So this went on for several years, eh? Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: So then ah things started to peter down here a little bit because the ah- the owners in Kirkland-Lake were supposed to stop in here once a week to ah answer questions that ah customers would like to- answered, eh? |
Decrease gradually before coming to an end. |
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Ah pe-- the- the silver down in ah Cobalt was petering out and peoper-- people wanted to find another silver mine. And they were- they went towards Elk-Lake and they were coming up here. |
Decrease gradually before coming to an end. |
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They take a royalty- the province takes a royalty off all the oil that comes out and then they're going to keep that and use that once things start to peter down to sort of build other industries and-that-sort-of-thing. If they had the foresight to have done that but years ago, who knows what this place would look like now or what towns. |
Decrease gradually before coming to an end. |
Any of several (chiefly smaller) kinds of North American pike, as (more fully grass pickerel)
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Interviewer: What kind of fish do you catch? Speaker: Pike and pickerel, mostly pike. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: Yeah. Some people don't like pike but ah and-that but I- we like it because the bones are big and they're not hard to pick out. Whereas pickerel I find- pickerel is what's all the guys really like. But I find there's too many little bones. |
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: And then what were some of your fondest experiences ah, or memories with ah, fishing on- at- at the cottage. Speaker 1: Was catching big fish. Interviewer: Oh, how big was- what was the biggest one you caught? Speaker 1: (holds up hands to show size) Interviewer: Wow. Speaker 1: Yeah. Interviewer: Were they trout or, um- Speaker 2: Pickerel. Speaker 1: Pickerel. Pickerel. Interviewer: Oh. And then did you eat it afterwards? Speaker 1: Oh yes. Yeah. In fact, he caught- my son caught some yesterday or the day before. |
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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And apparently there are ah, fish in there that didn't used to be in there. Pickerel in there now that we never ever got. |
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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Fishing usually in the spring ah from this weekend when pickerel season opens- twenty-fourth. They'll- they'll be trying to get in now right now to go pickerel fishing. |
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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Speaker: We have some pretty cool spots on it like um right at the end there's rapids, little rapids and we call it Pickerel-Rapids because that's where you get some pickerel, ah, pickerel like walleye, do you-know what walleye is? Interviewer: Um, a fish? Speaker: Yeah, it's a fish. Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: I- I say pickerel but I think walleye is the right term for it, I think- I think pickerel's sort-of like the Canadian version of walleye, it's the same thing but that's the word we use for it. |
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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Yeah, I love fishing (laughs). I only got one pickerel in my life, and- one pickerel. I- in my whole life and it was only probably a six-pound pickerel but I was so proud of it, I had to get it stuffed (laughs). Cost me like two-hundred-dollars to stuff this six-pound 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 |
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Interviewer: Were they trout or, um- Speaker 1: Pickerel. Speaker 2: Pickerel. Pickerel. Interviewer: Oh. And then did you eat it afterwards? |
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 |
Urine; an act of urinating.
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Interviewer: So you remember the circus? Anything- would you remember anything about the circus on the first date? Speaker 1: No. Speaker 2: I do. The elephant. Speaker 1: Oh yeah yeah. Interviewer: What did the elephant do? Speaker 2: Oh- Speaker 1: The elephant piddled. Speaker 1: Speaker 2: (Laughs) And I walked right through it (laughs). |
To urinate |