broomed

broom v It was an old custom to put the birch broom, used for sweeping her, at the top of a schooner's mast, instead of a "for sale" advertisement. So a vessel is _broomed_ when her master wants to sell her. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story June 1961 Used I Used I Not used

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1961
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10362
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/10362 2023-12-31T10:18:13+01:00 broomed 1961/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10362 eng eng B 1940 TOMKINSON Dal Rev xx,66 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 9431 B_9431_broom v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10362 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 1961 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z broom v It was an old custom to put the birch broom, used for sweeping her, at the top of a schooner's mast, instead of a "for sale" advertisement. So a vessel is _broomed_ when her master wants to sell her. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story June 1961 Used I Used I Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
broomed
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description broom v It was an old custom to put the birch broom, used for sweeping her, at the top of a schooner's mast, instead of a "for sale" advertisement. So a vessel is _broomed_ when her master wants to sell her. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story June 1961 Used I Used I Not used
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title broomed
title_short broomed
title_full broomed
title_fullStr broomed
title_full_unstemmed broomed
title_sort broomed
publishDate 1961
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1940 TOMKINSON Dal Rev xx,66
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
9431
B_9431_broom v
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