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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... I was away from family and I had had my first child, and I thought, "Oh, I'm not liking this. I think you-know just 'til I get my sea-legs and get some teaching experience." 'Cause I graduated from teacher's-college and then you-know moved right out west. I wanted- I really wanted to get some experience in a classroom ... |
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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There was some drowned. ... Some got- a couple of them got saved because, ah- the reason they went that- out that time, there was- they were bringing a guy from out west dead that had shot himself. ... Supposed to be an accident. |
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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... what was I going to say about his passing. Uh, oh yeah, just before he had- he was on a trip. ... He was actually- they were goin-- him and my grandmother were going out west. And that's- he was putting gas into the truck, and that's where he had the massive heart attack. But he knew that his health wasn't the best but he died doing what he loved. They always travelled. |
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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Seen other kind of activities in the bush, I've seen bears for sure. ... Ah I was out working out west, and I was a brush-cutter, just kind of clearing around trees and what not and bears would come out and just out of curiosity come and check us out, and not put us in any danger or anything, but just kind of- curious, you-know? |
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. |
Ah, I've lived in different- I lived in Peterborough, I lived in Mississauga, I lived in- well I was out west for an entire summer. Lindsay- I lived in a lot of places. ... I always kept coming back. |
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. |
I had a car for only a month (laughs) yeah, so I was like "Fuck" and then- it was wrote off, so I'm like "Ah I just bought this car and now I owe all this money on this car, what do I do?" So that's when I went out west and was a brush cutter out 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. |
Interviewer: Have you ever seen a forest fire? Speaker: Ah no, no. But when I worked out west, we seen the smoke of a forest fire, but you-know, once there's a forest fire, you're not allowed to go into that area. |
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 one time we used to go all the way to Highway (inc), through the park. And then the bridges- and the- after, in the forties, see this was- used to be the main line one time, from out West. ... And ah- in the forties it- they closed down, af-- during the war, and I- one of them only went to Whitney. |
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 I already had the camping bug because ah i-- in just my own immediate family we would go camping every summer with the children when they were small. We- we'd just travel out east, travel out west, travel down into the States and we always took a tent. And ah we were always on the move so it meant setting up a tent every night. |
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. |
So that was a very good trip. ... Then another one was out west, we'd never been there before so we drove all the way across and all the way back. ... And I fe-- Ontario's very long. ... I didn't realize how far across it was. ... But I- I- I liked all of it. |
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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It necessarily wasn't while he was teaching that this happened, it was after he left I guess to join the out-Forces, he was shot then. |
Military force that is deployed overseas |
Originally: the articles and equipment required for an expedition, etc. Later: equipment of any kind, esp. a number of items designed or selected to be used together, equipment.
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Them days it was on four wheels. Big outfit on four wheels. Now they can move them 'round with no problem at all but they have to have a good team of horses to handle them. |
A machine. |
At or in that place; there; usually implying that the object spoken of is at some distance but within sight: Over there, away there.
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To see what's going on here. But when the grass 'round the house started to get long and machinery had never moved from one day to the next and things weren't progressed in the way they should- per normally. The guy over yonder says "I braved up to come in." |
Over there |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man.
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I went up to the eight-o'clock service one morning, about a-quarter-to-eight and here was a chap coming down the aisle with an overcoat on. |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
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... if they had a real cold morning, some students would come early and open the windows to add to the chilly atmosphere. (laughs) Then, when you arrived of-course, the windows would be closed but the rooms would be very cold. Oh, they couldn't stand that, they'd have- we'd have to close the school today. However, knowing what had happened, "it'll probably warm up later on," I'd say, "well get your overcoats on," |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
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When you wanted to go to the bathroom eh, you got your dad's rubber boots on, your big overcoat on, didn't you Angie? ... Snow- if it wasn't snow up to your neck didn't you Wally? |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
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I went to that part of the world where I was in basically a sari, at all times even inside. When I wasn't I had the whole hijab and a- basically this gigantic, overcoat that looked like a potato-sack. |
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. |
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Earl sort of- he considered me almost his sisters. And if he wanted to buy a new overcoat, he'd want our opinion and-stuff-like-that. |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |