chobies

chovy n Thin wood shavings used to start a fire. Heard from father, William J. Stratton, assistant manager of COTC, aged 45. He heard it when he was a boy in Valleyfield, 1930 onwards. Used I and Sup Used I 1 Not used choby, chopy, chuffy, shovy, MOP, MOP-HEAD, SHAVINGS Checked by Cathy Wiseman on W...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/13734
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Summary:chovy n Thin wood shavings used to start a fire. Heard from father, William J. Stratton, assistant manager of COTC, aged 45. He heard it when he was a boy in Valleyfield, 1930 onwards. Used I and Sup Used I 1 Not used choby, chopy, chuffy, shovy, MOP, MOP-HEAD, SHAVINGS Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 24 Jun 2015

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