starrigan n also staragan. O Sup2 ~ Nfld.
1 1896 Trade Review, Christmas No. 20 'I'm goin' over
Sullivan's hill/To cut and spell a load o' staragans! 1985 Terminology of Loggers
17 Starrigan: a small green stick [i.e. a standing tree in the woods].
2 1986 SAUNDERS 53 The greyness of the [caribou] hair
surprised me. It looked just the same as the bleached old juniper starrigans and
weathered rock around us.
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