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Word: miramichi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...Catt of Saint John, N.B. went fishing on the Miramichi River, where salmon are so numerous and eager that they have been known to attack a man wearing a bright necktie with a design of hand-painted trout flies. Catt had just settled down to fish when a white-bearded old man came along, spoke sadly of his yearning to catch one last salmon and asked to borrow the rod & line. Catt had barely handed over the tackle when a fighting salmon shot out of the water, twisting & turning the line around the old man's whiskers. Quick-thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: The Summer's Tales | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

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