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Such temerity amazed the winterer beyond coherent expression.
From Lords of the North by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
So "old" Hugh Glass was a leather-faced, leather-clad, whiskered veteran of probably not over forty years but of the right experience as a "hivernan" or "winterer."
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
While in "hyvernements," or winter quarters, and on the long forest marches, the allowance of food per day, for a winterer, was one quart of corn and two ounces of tallow.
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Why, Cameron," began a northern winterer a few places below me, "it's taken me three months fast travelling to come from McKenzie River to Fort William.
From Lords of the North by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
"What were you saying about your hard luck?" and he turned to the northern winterer again.
From Lords of the North by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
