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by scarecrw 337 days ago
I'll have to go through this with my family; we have a number of terms we use that we're never sure if they're Canadian, non-regional uncommon words, or just things our family say.

My grandpa called toonies "bearbucks", which isn't listed, but is in one of the quotes on the toonie entry. No listing for "reef" as in yanking on something, though I don't know if that's a Canadianism or not.

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Never heard of bearbucks but can confirm that "reefing" is pulling hard on something.
You reef lines (ropes) on a boat.
You reef sails (by using lines):

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefing

Missed it by that much.