DCHP-2

bargoon DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — Ontario, slang, informal, urban culture

  a bargain.

  Type: 1. Origin — This colloquial expression is almost exclusively Canadian (see Chart 1). It is sometimes said to have been popularized by hockey player Eddie Shack (see, e.g. the 1988 quotation). In Canada, bargoon appears to be most frequently used in Ontario (see Chart 2).
  See also COD-2, s.v. "bargoon", which is marked "Cdn".