buck handle knife

buck n Out in Georgetown a lot of men use a certain type of pocket knife. My grandfather told me that many people buy this type of knife because it is usually one which will be good for a long while. My grandfather said that he has always called this knife a buck handle knife, with brass ears and a...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10785
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/10785 2023-12-31T10:17:38+01:00 buck handle knife 1970/02/17 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10785 eng eng B 70-10/136 Wm. Bartlett Eng. 340 19 Dunville, P.BAY Mr. Wm. Loveless, grandfather fisherman 73 Georgetown, C.Bay He picked up the name from some ofthe oder people around Georgetown 1920 Georgetown, Jan. 1970 Feb 7th/70 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14121 B_14121_buck n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10785 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:41Z buck n Out in Georgetown a lot of men use a certain type of pocket knife. My grandfather told me that many people buy this type of knife because it is usually one which will be good for a long while. My grandfather said that he has always called this knife a buck handle knife, with brass ears and a buck horn/ [check] OVER [reverse] The handle of the knife is made of some type of horn, weither it is buck horn or not I could not honestly say. Many people use this type of knife in Georgetown. I had seen one before but never knew what the people called it. [check] DICT CEN. FEB 17 1970 Used I Not used Withdrawn Withdrawn but no stamp; "Newfoundland Folklore Survery" card; Reverse side of B_14120 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
buck handle knife
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description buck n Out in Georgetown a lot of men use a certain type of pocket knife. My grandfather told me that many people buy this type of knife because it is usually one which will be good for a long while. My grandfather said that he has always called this knife a buck handle knife, with brass ears and a buck horn/ [check] OVER [reverse] The handle of the knife is made of some type of horn, weither it is buck horn or not I could not honestly say. Many people use this type of knife in Georgetown. I had seen one before but never knew what the people called it. [check] DICT CEN. FEB 17 1970 Used I Not used Withdrawn Withdrawn but no stamp; "Newfoundland Folklore Survery" card; Reverse side of B_14120
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title buck handle knife
title_short buck handle knife
title_full buck handle knife
title_fullStr buck handle knife
title_full_unstemmed buck handle knife
title_sort buck handle knife
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10785
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation B
70-10/136
Wm. Bartlett Eng. 340 19 Dunville, P.BAY Mr. Wm. Loveless, grandfather fisherman 73 Georgetown, C.Bay He picked up the name from some ofthe oder people around Georgetown 1920 Georgetown, Jan. 1970 Feb 7th/70
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14121
B_14121_buck n
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