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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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“She’s the White Bay and French Shore trader.”

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

No wonder the folk of the French Shore had emptied their stages of the summer’s catch.

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

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

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

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