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- proper noun informal
Canada
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Examples
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What I observe from my perch in the Great White North, that is known as Canada, is that the intense health care debate south of our border, as well as most or
unknown title 2009
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Bob and Doug initially emerged in an SCTV sketch as the sibling hosts of a Canadian show called The Great White North; portraying the McKenzie brothers as beer-swilling imbeciles, the skit took a friendly swipe at Canuck stereotypes -- dressed in parkas and touques (i.e., knit stocking-caps), extoling the virtues of back bacon and donuts, and peppering their goofy dialogue with catch phrases like "You hoser!,
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Bob and Doug initially emerged in an SCTV sketch as the sibling hosts of a Canadian show called The Great White North; portraying the McKenzie brothers as beer-swilling imbeciles, the skit took a friendly swipe at Canuck stereotypes -- dressed in parkas and touques (i.e., knit stocking-caps), extoling the virtues of back bacon and donuts, and peppering their goofy dialogue with catch phrases like "You hoser!,
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Bob and Doug initially emerged in an SCTV sketch as the sibling hosts of a Canadian show called The Great White North; portraying the McKenzie brothers as beer-swilling imbeciles, the skit took a friendly swipe at Canuck stereotypes -- dressed in parkas and touques (i.e., knit stocking-caps), extoling the virtues of back bacon and donuts, and peppering their goofy dialogue with catch phrases like "You hoser!,
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Bob and Doug initially emerged in an SCTV sketch as the sibling hosts of a Canadian show called The Great White North; portraying the McKenzie brothers as beer-swilling imbeciles, the skit took a friendly swipe at Canuck stereotypes -- dressed in parkas and touques (i.e., knit stocking-caps), extoling the virtues of back bacon and donuts, and peppering their goofy dialogue with catch phrases like "You hoser!,
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Perhaps the United States should work with Canada to create more pathways to citizenship — in the Great White North.
A path to citizenship -- in Canada William F. Tell 2011
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Though Canada managed to avoid a U.S.-style housing crash, the Great White North may face its own set of difficulties, as the same ample credit extension, low interest rates and government incentives that helped the housing market rapidly recover the losses incurred during the 2008-'09 downturn are contributing to increased household indebtedness.
Will New Regulations Bring Continued Rebalancing For Canadian Housing? Tetiana Sears 2011
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Now if Mr. Felten starts talking about the Great White North also giving up heat, then I will be impressed.
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I hope those of you who are denizens "denizens" is pretentious for "hosers" of the Great White North will accept this moving video tribute to "Great Canadians" as a token of my esteem:
Taking a Beating: Literally Stiffed, Vertically Complaining BikeSnobNYC 2010
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I think you have what we suffer from in the Great White North ..
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