DCHP-2
beaver money Fur Trade DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a fur-trade monetary system in which one made beaver was the unit of value.
See also: beaver currency
- 1944 The tokens that are here in this pouch, and of which there are many more on Smallboy's toboggan, are called beaver money!
- 1967 Deprived of beaver money, the gentlemen of central Canada began to have second thoughts about the beaver's squatting rights on their coat of arms.
- 1944 The tokens that are here in this pouch, and of which there are many more on Smallboy's toboggan, are called beaver money!