beaver eater en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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Etymology
beaver (“rodent”) + eater.
Meanings
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(Canada, US, obsolete) A wolverine.
This animal, which is known in Canada by the name of Carcajou, and the Beaver Eater, is of a clumsy appearance, about a foot and a half high ...
1819, D. B. Warden, A statistical, political, and historical account of the United States of North America, volume I, pages 200–201:...we baled up our peltry, and on the 23d of May left Lac la Mort, with four small birch canoes richly laden with the skins of beavers, otters, martens, minx, loup serviers, beaver eaters, foxes, bears, &c.
1791, John Long, Voyages and Travels (2006 reprint), page 132:
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(derogatory, slang) A Canadian person, especially a French Canadian.
Tell him to follow his nose to Buffalo. We're en garde 40 miles north. Of course we're ready for the likes of the Grubby Corp. We will *never* surrender. […] -- flag waving beaver eater from the north
1997 March 26, Tom Evans, “Re: IMMINENT Invasion of Canada”, in can.general (Usenet):Which country is that? I seem to notice that you've left Canada out. Be sure to send some nasty e-mail to Prime Minister Poutine, condemning Canada's lack of cultural supremacism. Why, those beaver-eaters don't even have movable-type democracies based on "Pi"!
2001 July 8, Tiny Human Ferret, “Re: Population Growth = Disaster”, in alt.org.sierra-club (Usenet):Listen you damned frog. I am the 12'th great grandson of United Empire loyalist s^([sic]) who were in these lands 30 years after Cartier landed at Quebec City. […] How dare you, so snivelling little french beaver eater.
1995 October 21, William Feader, “Re: Please return to France”, in bc.general (Usenet):
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beaver, eater.
Mann & Machine isn't, alas, as wonderfully inventive as Alien Nation, with its slave-ship freak culture of two-hearted, milk-drinking beaver eaters who hummed at one another prior to sex.
1992, New York, volume 25, numbers 14–17, page 102:
Forms
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| beaver eaters | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| beaver-eater | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
carcajou · quickhatch · Canuck