bin

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10697

bin Word: _Bin_ This is a word I encountered last year when I took some friends of mine to our summer house in Newton B Bay. My family has bought the house a few years before and we had just had pumbling installed. When I arrived my cousin who is in her 50's greeted us and showed us around our house. Her husband's brother had put in kitchen cupboards, a counte and a sink for us. She was very proud of this and said, "Weah June maid, yous (you) got da bis (best) bin hin Newtown!" How nice I thought but what is a "bin"?! After a short while Yes DICT CEN. JW Not used Not used Withdrawn NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY