bally carter n

ballicatter [There was] a solid wall of stranded boulders at some little distance from the shore, forced into [position] by the sea-ice, and called by the settlers and schoonermen 'bally carters,' a corruption, evidently, of barricadoes. (Perhaps the ice glazing the boulders. No ice in Gat...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Sea ice
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11139
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Summary:ballicatter [There was] a solid wall of stranded boulders at some little distance from the shore, forced into [position] by the sea-ice, and called by the settlers and schoonermen 'bally carters,' a corruption, evidently, of barricadoes. (Perhaps the ice glazing the boulders. No ice in Gathorne-Hardy's pictures.) K Printed Item DNE SUP In DNE variants MAR 8 1988 WK G. M. Story Used I and Sup Not used Not used Edit17 Printed Item and SUP are seperate items. Geog J is underlined. Printed Item, DNE Sup, and In DNE variants are all seperate items.

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