cabri [see note below] The origin is uncertain, but the term probably comes from an Indian word, perhaps through Canadian French, the form undoubtedly being influenced by French capri kid, for the animal was sometimes called a goat by voyageurs and early writers. The problem is discussed in American Speech, Apr. 1941, 125-6 and Feb. 1944, 19-20. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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