camp

camp n 1. [in lumbering] a small wooden building in which men eat and sleep 2. a canvas tent 3. The word "camp" does not always refer to merely a building, but the whole area around the building as well. Thus a person who says he works at camp 17 means the cook-house, bunk-houses, barns, t...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1964
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12502
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/12502 2023-12-31T10:19:25+01:00 camp 1964/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12502 eng eng C DECKER Roddickton Terms References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 12976 C_12976_camp n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12502 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 1964 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z camp n 1. [in lumbering] a small wooden building in which men eat and sleep 2. a canvas tent 3. The word "camp" does not always refer to merely a building, but the whole area around the building as well. Thus a person who says he works at camp 17 means the cook-house, bunk-houses, barns, the block of timber around the buildings, and everything connected with the lumber industry in X area. "Camp used in this sense has a vague meaning. It doesn't seem to be confined to any set definition. DNE-cit DNE-cit [WK] Oct 64 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri 13 Mar 2015; Card marked DNE-cit, but not used. 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
camp
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description camp n 1. [in lumbering] a small wooden building in which men eat and sleep 2. a canvas tent 3. The word "camp" does not always refer to merely a building, but the whole area around the building as well. Thus a person who says he works at camp 17 means the cook-house, bunk-houses, barns, the block of timber around the buildings, and everything connected with the lumber industry in X area. "Camp used in this sense has a vague meaning. It doesn't seem to be confined to any set definition. DNE-cit DNE-cit [WK] Oct 64 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri 13 Mar 2015; Card marked DNE-cit, but not used.
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title camp
title_short camp
title_full camp
title_fullStr camp
title_full_unstemmed camp
title_sort camp
publishDate 1964
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12502
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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DECKER Roddickton Terms
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
12976
C_12976_camp n
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