down-east

The captain, while not the sweetest-natured man in the world, was only an average down-east driver, neither brilliant nor slovenly in his seamanship, neither cruel nor sentimental in the treatment of his men.

A CLASSIC OF THE SEA 2010

I didn't want to "do Maine" in the sense of using a lot of down-east dialect or local color.

A Conversation with Richard Russo author of Empire Falls 2010

Extreme down-east still likely to get another inch or two of rain.

Still raining jhetley 2008

I am afraid that "down east" does not carry the same flavor and flow as "down-east."

Fog jhetley 2006

Here's what those "down-east" types think of when it comes to missile weapons, political or otherwise:

Archive 2006-12-01 Ed Hollett 2006

Stock Day obviously thinks in Stone Age terms if he refers to "down-east spearchuckers".

Archive 2006-12-01 Ed Hollett 2006

The only people I'm happy for are the families stationed in Fort Bragg, or some other small military town in down-east North Carolina, a wife or a son who might be able to breathe 1/9th easier on the off-chance that this event may un-inspire a terrorist or two from taking out one of their husbands or fathers.

hairy and smelly 2003

The only people I'm happy for are the families stationed in Fort Bragg, or some other small military town in down-east North Carolina, a wife or a son who might be able to breathe 1/9th easier on the off-chance that this event may un-inspire a terrorist or two from taking out one of their husbands or fathers.

MMIV 2003

Fingers asked in her down-east accent as she stared at the her radar scope.

Typhoon Season Douglass, Keith 2000

He's a down-east personality from New England, sort of dour.

Success in American Companies: Lessons for Canadians 1984