American barge; barge

barge "What a queer-looking boat!". "Yes; that's a 'novie.' We have two kinds of boats in our fishing: the 'novies' and the 'American barges;' this one is a novie; it is painted red, inside and out: the large ones you see, anchored out there in the w...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1978
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10898
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Summary:barge "What a queer-looking boat!". "Yes; that's a 'novie.' We have two kinds of boats in our fishing: the 'novies' and the 'American barges;' this one is a novie; it is painted red, inside and out: the large ones you see, anchored out there in the water, are the barges. 278 .two real "American barges" and one "Novy" [sic] or Nova Scotia barge, launched in good shape. PRINTED ITEM [-]novie / Nova Scotia barge[-] W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1978 J.H. JH JAN 1978 Used I and Sup Not used Used I DNE cites only this portion of the quote: "The large ones you see, anchored out there in the water, are the barges."