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break'er down n What did people xx here in Renews do before radio and television became so widespread? . . . I've often heard my mother tell about the gang which went around together and gathered at one house or another every night for a "scoff", "scuff", "time&quo...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10232
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/10232 2023-12-31T10:19:15+01:00 breaker-down 1972/08/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10232 eng eng B Zita Johnson, 68-11MS, p. 103 Renews References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 8989 B_8989_break'er down n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10232 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:32Z break'er down n What did people xx here in Renews do before radio and television became so widespread? . . . I've often heard my mother tell about the gang which went around together and gathered at one house or another every night for a "scoff", "scuff", "time", or "breaker-down". At these get-togethers there would be singing, piano and accordion music, dancing, story-telling a nd recitations. . . . Today this is a very uncommon occurrance [sic] . . . DNE-cit JH 8/72 Used I Used I Used I Source appears in DNE I as M 68-11 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description break'er down n What did people xx here in Renews do before radio and television became so widespread? . . . I've often heard my mother tell about the gang which went around together and gathered at one house or another every night for a "scoff", "scuff", "time", or "breaker-down". At these get-togethers there would be singing, piano and accordion music, dancing, story-telling a nd recitations. . . . Today this is a very uncommon occurrance [sic] . . . DNE-cit JH 8/72 Used I Used I Used I Source appears in DNE I as M 68-11
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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Zita Johnson, 68-11MS, p. 103 Renews
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
8989
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