Canuck
(rare) A thing from Canada.
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Born ~1975 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Continuing to post all my videos in reverse order, this is from my all-Canuck 80s/90s covers album. Fitting footage from the Internet Archive. The Rheostatics are a venerable (and very good) Canadian art-rock band I u…
As a Canuck fan we had Hughes said the same while secretly telling the management he wants out.
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(rare) A thing from Canada.
We saw a few partridges: we also met a lusty fellow in a forest road with a keg of whisky slung round him, who called to us 'Come boys and have some grog, I'm what you call a canuck:' a (Canadian).
“As a Canuck fan we had Hughes said the same while secretly telling the management he wants out.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(originally, informal, sometimes, derogatory) Of, belonging to, or relating to Canada, its culture, or people; Canadian.
"I want none of your d—— peasoup excuses, or promises," and, calling upon the hostler, a fat-blooded Englishman, he ordered him to stable the horse immediately, and keep a sharp "look out" to that Canuck Frenchman.
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(Canada, US, informal, sometimes, derogatory) A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.
Canuck means: A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.. The word is mostly archaic or historical; you will only encounter it in old texts, period drama, or school history rather than current teen conversation. It is generally derogatory or offensive; worth a quiet word about how it lands on the person being described.
Canuck means: A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.. Register: archaic, historical. Almost never used today; you will find it only in older texts, dictionaries of dialect, or historical writing. Avoid in active vocabulary. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
“Continuing to post all my videos in reverse order, this is from my all-Canuck 80s/90s covers album. Fitting footage from the Internet Archive. The Rheostatics are a venerable (and very good) Canadian art-rock band I used to go see play live frequently. youtu.be/6lIs8nq_hNI?...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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