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Herring-Choker Slang 
n. a Maritimer, especially one from New Brunswick.
See also: Maritimer
- 1899 I am down among the "herring chokers" and "blue noses" for a few weeks.
- 1927 Behind a raised blanket a French Canadian and a "herring-choker" were tilting a bottle unespied.
- 1954 But talking to New Brunswick senators (male) some of them rather fancy that Premier High John can make or has made a better dicker with Maurice Duplessis. These Herring Choker senators point out that Duplessis has already peddled a lot of horse power to Ontario and indeed is selling plenty to Premier Frost et al right now.
- 1962 To keep the listings within bounds, the editors omitted regionalisms but included such Canadian originals as the derogatory pea-souper (for French Canadian), komatik (an Eskimo sled) and herring choker (for a Nova Scotian).
- 1899 I am down among the "herring chokers" and "blue noses" for a few weeks.