bumpers

bumper n The better quality potatoes were known as "apples". These were for the rich or good potato growers. The "bumpers" were an inferior quality of potato and those grown in Calvert, Nfld. could be con- sidered bumpers. See cited quotation. DNE-cit DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11177
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/11177 2023-12-31T10:18:42+01:00 bumpers 1971/01/06 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11177 eng eng B 36 Alice M. Murphy Jan. 6, 1971 Karl Sullivan Calvert from parents References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 9838 B_9838_bumper n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11177 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:41Z bumper n The better quality potatoes were known as "apples". These were for the rich or good potato growers. The "bumpers" were an inferior quality of potato and those grown in Calvert, Nfld. could be con- sidered bumpers. See cited quotation. DNE-cit DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Used I Source appears in DNE I as C 71-24 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
bumpers
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description bumper n The better quality potatoes were known as "apples". These were for the rich or good potato growers. The "bumpers" were an inferior quality of potato and those grown in Calvert, Nfld. could be con- sidered bumpers. See cited quotation. DNE-cit DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Used I Source appears in DNE I as C 71-24
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title bumpers
title_short bumpers
title_full bumpers
title_fullStr bumpers
title_full_unstemmed bumpers
title_sort bumpers
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11177
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
36 Alice M. Murphy Jan. 6, 1971
Karl Sullivan Calvert from parents
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
9838
B_9838_bumper n
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