clap-dish (clapdish, lap dish)

clap dish n * "Tongue like a miller's Clapdish" - ( Clapdish means clashing of dishes to make a noise) Refers to a very talkative person. [EDD:] [ "The housewife sat down on the floor, with the back-board on [her knees." ( lap dish - clapdish (?) ) "on this board she la...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14288
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/14288 2023-12-31T10:19:18+01:00 clap-dish (clapdish, lap dish) 1970/04/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14288 eng eng C * Alex Crocker, Green's Hr. / 63 Badger's Quay, Green's Hr., Elliston, Clarenville, Princeton, B.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14193 C_14193_clap dish n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14288 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z clap dish n * "Tongue like a miller's Clapdish" - ( Clapdish means clashing of dishes to make a noise) Refers to a very talkative person. [EDD:] [ "The housewife sat down on the floor, with the back-board on [her knees." ( lap dish - clapdish (?) ) "on this board she laid [a piece of paste, which she clapped or beat with her hands [until it expanded to a broad thin cake - hence the name of [clap-bread." JH 4/70 JH Used I not used Not used Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 12 Oct 2015; head word contains a hyphen 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
clap-dish (clapdish, lap dish)
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description clap dish n * "Tongue like a miller's Clapdish" - ( Clapdish means clashing of dishes to make a noise) Refers to a very talkative person. [EDD:] [ "The housewife sat down on the floor, with the back-board on [her knees." ( lap dish - clapdish (?) ) "on this board she laid [a piece of paste, which she clapped or beat with her hands [until it expanded to a broad thin cake - hence the name of [clap-bread." JH 4/70 JH Used I not used Not used Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 12 Oct 2015; head word contains a hyphen
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title clap-dish (clapdish, lap dish)
title_short clap-dish (clapdish, lap dish)
title_full clap-dish (clapdish, lap dish)
title_fullStr clap-dish (clapdish, lap dish)
title_full_unstemmed clap-dish (clapdish, lap dish)
title_sort clap-dish (clapdish, lap dish)
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14288
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
* Alex Crocker, Green's Hr. / 63 Badger's Quay, Green's Hr., Elliston, Clarenville, Princeton, B.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14193
C_14193_clap dish n
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