gaspereau
Britishnoun
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Origin of gaspereau
from Canadian French
Example Sentences
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Fort Gaspereau and a fortification at the mouth of the St. John were also occupied.
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"I have been advised," said Mrs. Redmond, "to take a road behind the college, leading to the top of the ridge, where we can get a fine view of the Gaspereau Valley."
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I would single out from this volume for special mention as being "Canadian" in the fullest sense "In a Grand Pr� Garden," "The Keeper's Silence," "At Home and Abroad," "Killoleet," and "Above the Gaspereau," but have no space to quote from them.
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The bass, the trout, the gaspereau, the eel, the sturgeon and a hundred other kinds of fishes are found in abundance.
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A few days later his bruised and lifeless body was found among the rocks below the height, and taken for burial to the little hillside cemetery by the Gaspereau.
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