crop

crop n I distinctly remember the signing of the various Bowring crews a few days before March 10th, the sailing date, the fitting out of the sealers with their "crop" or advance of some nine or twelve dollars. This "crop" or advance consisted mainly of sealskin boots for each of...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1977
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15946
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/15946 2023-12-31T10:19:27+01:00 crop 1977/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15946 eng eng C 1976 CASHIN Life & Times 54 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16280 C_16280_crop n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15946 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 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z crop n I distinctly remember the signing of the various Bowring crews a few days before March 10th, the sailing date, the fitting out of the sealers with their "crop" or advance of some nine or twelve dollars. This "crop" or advance consisted mainly of sealskin boots for each of the crew, some tobacco, oatmeal, sugar and raisins and some other necessities of comfort. The actual cost was nine dollars,but in view of the fact that the firm was taking a gamble on the venture, the sealers were charged twelve dollars or 33 1/2% more (over) [reverse] than the actual cost PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story MAR 1977 JH MAR 1977 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I crap, crop note Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 27 Jun 2016, reverse side of card at C_16289 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
crop
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description crop n I distinctly remember the signing of the various Bowring crews a few days before March 10th, the sailing date, the fitting out of the sealers with their "crop" or advance of some nine or twelve dollars. This "crop" or advance consisted mainly of sealskin boots for each of the crew, some tobacco, oatmeal, sugar and raisins and some other necessities of comfort. The actual cost was nine dollars,but in view of the fact that the firm was taking a gamble on the venture, the sealers were charged twelve dollars or 33 1/2% more (over) [reverse] than the actual cost PRINTED ITEM G. M. Story MAR 1977 JH MAR 1977 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I crap, crop note Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 27 Jun 2016, reverse side of card at C_16289
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title_full crop
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publishDate 1977
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15946
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1976 CASHIN Life & Times 54
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16280
C_16280_crop n
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