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- noun US, dialectal A
woodchuck .
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Examples
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"But there is another sort of beaver, ma'am, called the land-beaver, which is more easily taken," observed Martin; "they make holes in the earth like rabbits.
The Settlers in Canada Frederick Marryat 1820
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"But there is another sort of beaver, ma'am, called the land-beaver, which is more easily taken," observed Martin; "they make holes in the earth like rabbits.
The Settlers in Canada Frederick Marryat 1820
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The reft, which confifled of ic8o heaver tails,] fundry pieces of beaver (kin» and cloaks, 110 fur fcal (kins, about 150 land-beaver, 60 fine cloaks nf the earlefs marmor,
The Monthly Review 1789
ruzuzu commented on the word land-beaver
How much land would a land-beaver beaver if a land-beaver could beaver land?
August 10, 2021
bilby commented on the word land-beaver
Surely the verb is 'to beave'.
August 10, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word land-beaver
I b'eave you're correct.
August 11, 2021