Editing Canuck (section)

===History===
* ''Canuck'' also has the derived meanings of a Canadian [[pony]] (rare) and a French-Canadian [[patois]]<ref>''The Oxford Companion To The English Language''</ref> (very rare).
* [[Johnny Canuck]], a [[personification]] of Canada who appeared in early [[political cartoon]]s of the 1860s resisting [[Uncle Sam]]'s bullying. Johnny Canuck was revived in 1942 by [[Leo Bachle]] to defend Canada against the [[Nazism|Nazis]]. The Vancouver Canucks have adopted a personification of Johnny Canuck on their alternate hockey sweater.
* As the historical nickname for three Canadian-built aircraft from the 20th century: the [[Curtiss JN-4#Variants|Curtiss JN-4C]] training biplane, with some 1,260 airframes built; the [[Avro CF-100]] jet fighter; and the [[Fleet 80 Canuck]] two-seat side-by-side trainer.
* One of the first uses of ''Canuck''{{snd}}in the form of ''Kanuk''{{snd}}specifically referred to [[Netherlands|Dutch]] Canadians as well as the French.
* [[Operation Canuck]] was the designated name of a British [[Special Air Service|SAS]] raid led by a Canadian captain, Buck McDonald in January 1945.
*The [[Canuck letter]] became a focal point during the US 1972 Democratic primaries, when a letter published in the Manchester Union Leader implied Democratic contender Senator [[Edmund Muskie]] was prejudiced against French-Canadians. He soon ended his campaign as a result. The letter was later discovered to have been written by the Nixon campaign in an attempt to sabotage Muskie.
* A brand of firearms engineered and distributed by O'Dell Engineering Ltd since 2014 includes the Canuck 1911, Canuck Over Under and Canuck Shotgun.