chin-music

chin n After supper there is generally a dance, the music of which (lacking ordinary instruments) is played upon the chin. [ In American slang "chin-music" is chatter or small talk. Here it probably means lip-bussing, like youngsters pretending to play.] [De Boileiu's phrase 'pla...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1977
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13073
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/13073 2023-12-31T10:19:12+01:00 chin-music 1977/11/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13073 eng eng C [1861] 1969 DE BOILIEU Labrador 54 FF1041 D43 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13786 C_13786_chin n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13073 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 1977 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z chin n After supper there is generally a dance, the music of which (lacking ordinary instruments) is played upon the chin. [ In American slang "chin-music" is chatter or small talk. Here it probably means lip-bussing, like youngsters pretending to play.] [De Boileiu's phrase 'play upon the chin'. What follows in brackets is an editorial gloss.] in a footnote sic [check] PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Nov 77 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I CHIN MUSIC, MOUTH MUSIC Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Sun 26 Apr 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
chin-music
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description chin n After supper there is generally a dance, the music of which (lacking ordinary instruments) is played upon the chin. [ In American slang "chin-music" is chatter or small talk. Here it probably means lip-bussing, like youngsters pretending to play.] [De Boileiu's phrase 'play upon the chin'. What follows in brackets is an editorial gloss.] in a footnote sic [check] PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS Nov 77 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I CHIN MUSIC, MOUTH MUSIC Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Sun 26 Apr 2015
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title chin-music
title_short chin-music
title_full chin-music
title_fullStr chin-music
title_full_unstemmed chin-music
title_sort chin-music
publishDate 1977
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13073
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 C
[1861] 1969 DE BOILIEU Labrador 54
FF1041 D43
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13786
C_13786_chin n
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