habitant

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We eat cans of Habitant pea soup, heated up on the two-burner stove in a dented pot, and slices of bread spread with molasses, and hunks of cheese.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

The Habitant de Louisbourg says: "The enemy did not attack us with any regularity, and made no intrenchments to cover themselves."

From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis

"A detachment of the enemy," writes the Habitant de Louisbourg, "advanced to the neighborhood of the Royal Battery."

From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis

Even the elements, as the anonymous Habitant de Louisbourg complains in his wonderfully candid diary, seemed to have taken sides.

From The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 by Wood, William Charles Henry

"We were informed of the preparations from the first," says the Habitant de Louisburg.

From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis