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Canlit

[ kan-lit ]

noun

Canadian Informal.
  1. literature, usually in English, written by Canadians or written in or about Canada.


CanLit

/ ˌæˈɪ /

acronym for

  1. Canadian Literature
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Canlit1

Can(adian) lit(erature)
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Example Sentences

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Ms. Mendelson’s version of the bar was so good that the novelist Margaret Atwood included it in her “Canlit Foodbook,” which compiled writing and recipes from Canadian authors.

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An anonymously created email list called CanLit Janitors started circulating in October to alert women in the Canadian literary community to male writers and editors who were said to have behaved inappropriately.

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