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  • proper noun Plural form of Mountie.
  • proper noun Canada, usually preceded by "the" A nickname for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force as a whole.

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Examples

  • As I rapidly pulled us out onto the road leading to the highway, I told him, I called the Mounties, Geof.

    Confession Nancy Pickard 1994

  • As I rapidly pulled us out onto the road leading to the highway, I told him, I called the Mounties, Geof.

    Confession Nancy Pickard 1994

  • As I rapidly pulled us out onto the road leading to the highway, I told him, I called the Mounties, Geof.

    Confession Nancy Pickard 1994

  • Commission counsel Art Vertlieb, who outlined the e-mail between a chief superintendent and assistant commissioner, is proposing to recall the Mounties to testify again.

    Newly Disclosed RCMP Email Shocks Dziekanski Inquiry On What Was To Be The Final Day! 2009

  • Commission counsel Art Vertlieb, who outlined the e-mail between a chief superintendent and assistant commissioner, is proposing to recall the Mounties to testify again.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • And if he's in Canada, all they have to do is call the Mounties or their local police and we'll get this pedophile off the streets.

    CNN Transcript Aug 18, 2006 2006

  • And if he's in Canada, all they have to do is call the Mounties or their local police and we'll get this pedophile off the streets.

    CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2006 2006

  • And if he's in Canada, all they have to do is call the Mounties or their local police and we'll get this pedophile off the streets.

    CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2006 2006

  • But misguided or not, the Mounties were a hindrance to his search, and a danger.

    Moonheart De Lint, Charles, 1951- 1990

  • The reaction of the Mounties was an especially welcome response, he said, given the reactions he typically receives.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed GREG McARTHUR 2012

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