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French Shore

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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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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 Norman Duncan

It was not the first interview he had had with the skipper and clerk of the Black Eagle since that trim craft had returned from the French Shore trade.

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

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

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

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 Norman Duncan

"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 Kirk Munroe

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