buttons
buttons drop buttons They gets into the house , we'll say,and there's a woman here - she's a kind of a cramp hand, you see; she was liable to say anything.By and by she [the goat] begins to drop her buttons, and this woman says, "Oh, my! Oh, my! She got her neck-beads burst!"...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1964
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10146 |
| Summary: | buttons drop buttons They gets into the house , we'll say,and there's a woman here - she's a kind of a cramp hand, you see; she was liable to say anything.By and by she [the goat] begins to drop her buttons, and this woman says, "Oh, my! Oh, my! She got her neck-beads burst!" [= goat manure!] Yes J. WIDDOSON Not used Not used Withdrawn [see 'goat's buttons'] button n appears in DNE but not with this sense |
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