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Caribooite

• 1 n. Hist. a person who went into the Cariboo Country during the gold rush, especially a placer miner.

  • 1862  Victoria will be . . . inundated with successful Caribooites.
  • 1894  Driven from their work by the severe climate in the winter, the "Caribooites" spent some time and much money in that town. . . .

• 2 n. a resident of the Cariboo.

  • 1869  The Victorians have an apple weighing 1 1/2 pounds, and a pear weighing 1 pound 2 ounces, for the exhibition; the Caribooites send turnips.