French Shore

American  

noun

Canadian.

1. either of two stretches of coastline inhabited mainly by Francophone Canadians: the W coast of Newfoundland and the SW coast of Nova Scotia between Yarmouth and Digby.

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Example Sentences

"Possibly by the sheriff, who has wanted you for some time in connection with a certain French Shore lobster case that the government is prosecuting."

From Under the Great Bear by Munroe, Kirk

And the winds of the week had been fair winds from the French Shore.

From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Duncan, Norman

Trade was brisk as any heart could wish up the White Bay coast to the first harbours of the northern reaches of the French Shore; and there it came to an appalling full stop.

From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Duncan, Norman

The Black Eagle was to be loaded with salt-cod from the French Shore stages in haste and at any cost.

From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Duncan, Norman

Then we got a fair wind, an’ Mad Bill Likely ’lowed he’d make a run for it t’ the northern ports o’ the French Shore.

From Every Man for Himself by Duncan, Norman