cove

• 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/14959

cove n One touch of his strong hand on her bowed head and he was gone with quick step across the street, down the passage-way, or "cove," as the people of Jacksonville call the entrance to their wharves. [The details of this tale of a city, which has "done away with" mummering, and which contrasts with "smaller settlements around the island," suggest that Jacksonville is St. John's: "a plain, meat-looking house, situated on one of the busy street near the harbor and the wharves of the rather dirty-looking town of Jacksonville (which city, by the way, I would not advise you to look for on the map of Newfoundland; at least, not by the name I have given it, or you will be disappointed)."] PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN NOV 5 1964 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I SETTLEMENT, cove net Checked by Jordyn Hughes Wed 22 Jun 2016