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beaver eater

beaver eater noun: a wolverine.

Noun (1)

beaver eater (plural beaver eaters)

  1. (Canada, US, obsolete) A wolverine.
    • ...we baled up our peltry, and on the 23d of May left Lac la Mort, with four small birch canoes richly laden with the skins of beavers, otters, martens, minx, loup serviers, beaver eaters, foxes, bears, &c.1791, John Long, Voyages and Travels (2006 reprint), page 132
    • This animal, which is known in Canada by the name of Carcajou, and the Beaver Eater, is of a clumsy appearance, about a foot and a half high ...1819, D. B. Warden, A statistical, political, and historical account of the United States of North America, volume I, pages 200–201
    Synonyms:
    carcajou, quickhatch
  2. (derogatory, slang) A Canadian person, especially a French Canadian.
    • Listen you damned frog. I am the 12'th great grandson of United Empire loyalist s^([sic]) who were in these lands 30 years after Cartier landed at Quebec City. […] How dare you, so snivelling little french beaver eater.1995 October 21, William Feader, “Re: Please return to France”, in bc.general (Usenet)
    • Tell him to follow his nose to Buffalo. We're en garde 40 miles north. Of course we're ready for the likes of the Grubby Corp. We will *never* surrender. […]
      --
      flag waving beaver eater from the north1997 March 26, Tom Evans, “Re: IMMINENT Invasion of Canada”, in can.general (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    Canuck
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beaver, eater.
    • Mann & Machine isn't, alas, as wonderfully inventive as Alien Nation, with its slave-ship freak culture of two-hearted, milk-drinking beaver eaters who hummed at one another prior to sex.1992, New York, volume 25, numbers 14–17, page 102

Noun (2)

beaver eater (plural beaver eaters)

  1. (slang) Someone who performs cunnilingus.
    • [>I spent years thinking fellatio was just fabulous, loved going down on men, but that anyone going down on me was just a terrible idea. Until I met someone who really wanted to do it, promised me he wouldn't bite, and pretty much begged me for the opportunity. Couldn't pass that up. ;)]
      And here's...2000 August 23, dennywS...@zipcon.net, “Re: {ASSD} Again with the oral sex questions”, in alt.sex.stories.d (Usenet)
    • He said calmly, "With you my dear. Certainly, I as a writer of passing panorama take more of a worldly attitude when it comes to going down, talking the beaver, liberal to a fault, inclined to say live and let live. No, I'm not a religious fanatic, ora sex nut, but you can place me in the confirmed...2005, Frank Bond Beaumier, Sex Cults and Other Phenomena, volume II, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 79

Synonyms of beaver eater

All synonyms of beaver eater

Forms of beaver eater

pluralbeaver eaters
alternative formbeaver-eater

Origin of beaver eater

beaver (“rodent”) + eater.

beaver (“vulva or pubic hair near a vulva”) + eater.

Questions about beaver eater

What does beaver eater mean?
Beaver eater means a wolverine.
What part of speech is beaver eater?
Beaver eater is a noun.
What is the plural of beaver eater?
The plural of beaver eater is beaver eaters.

Words near beaver eater in the dictionary

  1. Beaver Creek
  2. beaver dam
  3. beaver dams
  4. beaver deceiver
  5. beaver deceivers
  6. beaver eater
  7. beaver eaters
  8. Beaver Falls
  9. beaver fever
  10. Beaver Kill
  11. beaver lamb

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