crunch prob n. / crunch-bag

crunch prob n. I never saw so many crunch-bags in my life." What is a "crunch-bag?" "Well, you know, it's sort of the opposite of a yuppy, wears rubber boots and everything. It's like, well, all the folklore students at MUN are crunch-bags. When Corinna Byrne joined the...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1988
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/15988 2023-12-31T10:19:27+01:00 crunch prob n. / crunch-bag 1988/02/25 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15988 eng eng C Kelly Buehler, referring to the audience at an art film movie theatre (February 20, 1988) References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16609 C_16609_crunch prob n. http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15988 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 1988 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z crunch prob n. I never saw so many crunch-bags in my life." What is a "crunch-bag?" "Well, you know, it's sort of the opposite of a yuppy, wears rubber boots and everything. It's like, well, all the folklore students at MUN are crunch-bags. When Corinna Byrne joined the [MUN] English Society all of her friends were mad at her for associating with all those bohemian crunch-bags. FEB 25 1988 [inc] B. [WK: Also the folklore dept. is enthusiastic about "brown-bag lunches,"with accompanying talks. Perhaps this is an echo of brown bag, lunch bag. Bag is lively in Nfld also: he is a chaw-bag.] WK: Probably nonce. Creative slang. [check] WK Not Used Not Used Not Used Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 29 Jun 2016 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
crunch prob n. / crunch-bag
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description crunch prob n. I never saw so many crunch-bags in my life." What is a "crunch-bag?" "Well, you know, it's sort of the opposite of a yuppy, wears rubber boots and everything. It's like, well, all the folklore students at MUN are crunch-bags. When Corinna Byrne joined the [MUN] English Society all of her friends were mad at her for associating with all those bohemian crunch-bags. FEB 25 1988 [inc] B. [WK: Also the folklore dept. is enthusiastic about "brown-bag lunches,"with accompanying talks. Perhaps this is an echo of brown bag, lunch bag. Bag is lively in Nfld also: he is a chaw-bag.] WK: Probably nonce. Creative slang. [check] WK Not Used Not Used Not Used Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 29 Jun 2016
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title crunch prob n. / crunch-bag
title_short crunch prob n. / crunch-bag
title_full crunch prob n. / crunch-bag
title_fullStr crunch prob n. / crunch-bag
title_full_unstemmed crunch prob n. / crunch-bag
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publishDate 1988
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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
Kelly Buehler, referring to the audience at an art
film movie theatre (February 20, 1988)
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16609
C_16609_crunch prob n.
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