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- proper noun Plural form of
Mountie . - proper noun Canada, usually preceded by "the" A
nickname for theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police force as a whole.
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Examples
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As I rapidly pulled us out onto the road leading to the highway, I told him, I called the Mounties, Geof.
Confession Nancy Pickard 1994
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As I rapidly pulled us out onto the road leading to the highway, I told him, I called the Mounties, Geof.
Confession Nancy Pickard 1994
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As I rapidly pulled us out onto the road leading to the highway, I told him, I called the Mounties, Geof.
Confession Nancy Pickard 1994
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Commission counsel Art Vertlieb, who outlined the e-mail between a chief superintendent and assistant commissioner, is proposing to recall the Mounties to testify again.
Newly Disclosed RCMP Email Shocks Dziekanski Inquiry On What Was To Be The Final Day! 2009
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Commission counsel Art Vertlieb, who outlined the e-mail between a chief superintendent and assistant commissioner, is proposing to recall the Mounties to testify again.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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And if he's in Canada, all they have to do is call the Mounties or their local police and we'll get this pedophile off the streets.
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And if he's in Canada, all they have to do is call the Mounties or their local police and we'll get this pedophile off the streets.
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And if he's in Canada, all they have to do is call the Mounties or their local police and we'll get this pedophile off the streets.
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But misguided or not, the Mounties were a hindrance to his search, and a danger.
Moonheart De Lint, Charles, 1951- 1990
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The reaction of the Mounties was an especially welcome response, he said, given the reactions he typically receives.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed GREG McARTHUR 2012
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