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Definition of Carcajous
1. carcajou [n] - See also: carcajou
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carcajous
Literary usage of Carcajous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society by Buffalo Historical Society, Albert Bigelow, Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.) (1911)
"... descend whirling round to the bottom of the gulf; and carcajous, suspended by
their long tails from the extremities of the declining branches, ..."
2. The Canadian Guide-book...: Including Full Descriptions of Routes, Cities by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (1891)
"... dex carcajous'1 ('It just boiled, sir, with ones big as wildcats'), but they
are intensely wary and carefully guarded by the demon of ill-luck. ..."
3. Studies of the Niagara Frontier by Frank Hayward Severance (1911)
"... and carcajous, suspended by their long tails from the extremities of the
declining branches, watch to seize on the bodies of elks and bears floating in ..."
4. Angling by Leroy Milton Yale, A. Foster Higgins, J. G. Aylwin Creighton, Robert Grant, August Rodney Macdonough, Alexander Cargill, Charles Frederick Holder (1896)
"... comme des carcajous " (it just boiled, sir, with ones as big as wildcats) ;
but they are intensely wary, and carefully guarded by the demon of ill-luck. ..."
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