DCHP-2
habitant French DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
the dialect or patois spoken by rustic or backwoods French Canadians.
See also: habitant (def. 3)
- 1889 Thereupon ensued a wordy war between the carter and the passenger whose command of habitant French was most nearly equal to the occasion.
- 1889 Thereupon ensued a wordy war between the carter and the passenger whose command of habitant French was most nearly equal to the occasion.