chronics

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/16361

crunnick n [PT]JW "bring out a load of _chronics_"- literally this means to bring out the night's supply of firewood . A lady from Cape Boyle on the Southern Shore told me this expression and says that even now it is used quite often I have never heard this particular phrase before Yes DICT CEN. Used I and Sup Used I Not Used crannick, chronic, cronnick, crunnock, scronnick*, cranny*, croony*, CRAN Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 29 Jun 2016, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY, [check] beside dictated