cassock

cassock n [account of Mr. Wiltshear] After travelling nearly a day, they espied them on a distant hill, shaking their cassocks at them in defiance, which were made out of the boat's sails, and daubed with red ochre. spelling _cassocks_ confirmed, GMS. Feb-'76. HOWLEY 276 reprints this: say...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12994
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Summary:cassock n [account of Mr. Wiltshear] After travelling nearly a day, they espied them on a distant hill, shaking their cassocks at them in defiance, which were made out of the boat's sails, and daubed with red ochre. spelling _cassocks_ confirmed, GMS. Feb-'76. HOWLEY 276 reprints this: says cossacks PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W.J. KIRWIN FEB 1970 JH 2/70 Used I Used I 1 Used I cossack, cossock, cozzock, kossack, kossak, kossok, ADIKEY, DICKY, NORTH-WESTER 'Cassock' in the plural form is not a head word in the dictionary. However, 'cassocks' appears in the citations.

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