DCHP-2
keep-over [cf. Brit. dial. keep lodge, reside] Ottawa, Valley, Obs. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a place providing accommodation for travellers; an inn, usually of a primitive sort.
See also: stopping-house
- 1961 A bush super-intendant travelled from gang to gang supervising the work. Often one will hear the remark, "that place is an old 'keep-over' or 'half-way.'" They became landmarks and often villages grew up beside them thus advancing settlement in the wake of the lumber trade.
- 1961 A bush super-intendant travelled from gang to gang supervising the work. Often one will hear the remark, "that place is an old 'keep-over' or 'half-way.'" They became landmarks and often villages grew up beside them thus advancing settlement in the wake of the lumber trade.