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Canadian as maple syrup
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Pronunciation
en En-au-Canadian as maple syrup.ogg AU
Adjective
- Canadian as maple syrup
en simile Completely or quintessentially Canadian.
en 2003 Stan Sauerwein Ma Murray: The Story of Canada's Crusty Queen of Publishing https://books.google.com/books?id=oZfAKSTxXW0C&pg=PA20&dq=%22Canadian+as+maple+syrup%22 20 Altitude Publishing 9781551539799 George Matheson Murray, the man she was to meet in South Vancouver, was an oatmeal porridge Scot as Canadian as maple syrup.
en 2006 Mel Alkey Broadway North: The Dream of a Canadian Musical Theatre https://books.google.com/books?id=VBlRWQLsLFsC&pg=PA3&dq=%22Canadian+as+maple+syrup%22 3 National Heritage/Natural History 9781897045084 To many in the world theatre scene, Canada would, at first glance, appear to be an unlikely place for anything exciting to happen. So, what's a poor kid to do if he's Canadian as maple syrup, yet every fibre of his being screams, “Gotta sing! Gotta dance!"?
en 2014 Chris Turner How to Breathe Underwater: Field Reports from an Age of Radical Change https://books.google.com/books?id=eVGCCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA220&dq=%22Canadian+as+maple+syrup%22 220 Biblioasis 9781927428764 Back home, meanwhile, souvenir shops in many Canadian cities feature humidors well stocked with Cuban tobacco products for sale to American tourists. The Cuban cigar has become, in a sense, as Canadian as maple syrup.
Coordinate terms
en Australian as a kangaroo
en American as apple pie
en English as apple pie
en Canada