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bushwhacking ((n.))

• n. the activity of a bushwhacker (def. 1).

  See also: bushwhacker (def. 1)  

  • 1826  
    In thousands in York alone they are flocking,
    On purpose for drawing their land,
    But now they've found out it's no joking,
    Bushwhacking they don't understand.
  • 1953  English-Canadians, with little tales of pioneer bushwhacking to fall back on for their historical heroisms, will never understand their French fellow-citizens until they realize that this race has passed through deep waters.