Can you guess the correct definition of the following terms? Answers are below.
1. Bunny hug
A: Chocolate Easter egg
B: Fuzzy slippers
C: Hooded sweatshirt
2. Miskeen
A: Petty thief
B: Patchwork quilt
C: Pathetic
3. Dep
A: Corner store
B: Mason jar
C: Certainly
4. Nuisance grounds
A: Garbage dump
B: Schoolyard
C: Legion branch
5. Skoden
A: Snowmobile tracks
B: Let’s go, then
C: Family picnic
6. Jambuster
A: Jam-filled doughnut
B: Kitchen party
C: Tugboat sent to break up logjams
7. Scribbler
A: Notebook
B: Leaky boat engine
C: Defensive hockey player
8. Huck
A: Eat quickly
B: Hitchhike
C: Throw
9. Donnybrook
A: Brawl
B: Good-looking boy
C: Swimming hole
10. Skookum
A: In the sky
B: Strong or brave
C: Grandmother
11. Windrows
A: Hedges planted to shelter crops
B: Depressed mood
C: Snow left blocking a driveway after a snowplow passes
12. Mamaqtuq
A: Delicious
B: Town gossip
C: Beautiful morning
13. Guichet
A: Tacky
B: Bank machine
C: Cotton undershirt
14. Ahlie
A: Skateboard trick
B: Am I right?
C: Go away!
15. Right good
A: Excellent
B: Poor quality
C: Lucky thrift-store find
1. Answer: C—Hooded sweatshirt (Saskatchewan)
2. Answer: C—Pathetic (Ontario, from Arabic)
3. Answer: A—Corner store (Quebec, from French)
4. Answer: A—Garbage dump (West)
5. Answer: B—Let’s go, then (multiple First Nations)
6. Answer: A—Jam-filled doughnut
7. Answer: A—Notebook (mainly the Maritimes)
8. Answer: C—Throw (West)
9. Answer: A—Brawl (hockey commentary)
10. Answer: B—Strong or brave (West)
11. Answer: C—Snow left blocking a driveway after a snowplow passes (mainly the Prairies)
12. Answer: A—Delicious (North, Inuktitut)
13. Answer: B—Bank machine (Quebec, from French)
14. Answer: B—Am I right? (Ontario, from Jamaican patois)
15. Answer: A—Excellent (Atlantic)
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