batty

batty A large catch of codfish ready to be thrown up to the stage head from the boat would be called "a fine _batty_ of fish." It suggests derivation from the French fisherman whose fishing boat was a "batteau." "A fine _putt_ of fish," having a similar meaning referred...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1956
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11679
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/11679 2023-12-31T10:19:05+01:00 batty 1956/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11679 eng eng B 1937 DEVINE Folklore of Nfld 9 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 2865 B_2865_batty http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11679 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 1956 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z batty A large catch of codfish ready to be thrown up to the stage head from the boat would be called "a fine _batty_ of fish." It suggests derivation from the French fisherman whose fishing boat was a "batteau." "A fine _putt_ of fish," having a similar meaning referred to the fish when it was thrown up ready to go on the splitting table. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1956 Used I Used I Used I [see 'Purge' , 'putt' , etc.] 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
batty
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description batty A large catch of codfish ready to be thrown up to the stage head from the boat would be called "a fine _batty_ of fish." It suggests derivation from the French fisherman whose fishing boat was a "batteau." "A fine _putt_ of fish," having a similar meaning referred to the fish when it was thrown up ready to go on the splitting table. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1956 Used I Used I Used I [see 'Purge' , 'putt' , etc.]
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title_short batty
title_full batty
title_fullStr batty
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publishDate 1956
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11679
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
1937 DEVINE Folklore of Nfld 9
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
2865
B_2865_batty
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