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I'll have to go through this with my family; we have a number of terms we use that we're never sure if they're Canadian, non-regional uncommon words, or just th
by scarecrw 1y ago
I'll have to go through this with my family; we have a number of terms we use that we're never sure if they're Canadian, non-regional uncommon words, or just things our family say.
My grandpa called toonies "bearbucks", which isn't listed, but is in one of the quotes on the toonie entry. No listing for "reef" as in yanking on something, though I don't know if that's a Canadianism or not.
- wredcoll 1y agoYou reef lines (ropes) on a boat.
- throw0101a 1y agoYou reef sails (by using lines): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefing
- wredcoll 1y agoMissed it by that much.
- MegaDeKay 1y agoNever heard of bearbucks but can confirm that "reefing" is pulling hard on something.