cut v: cut-throater n

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19172

cut v The colorful terms cut-throater, header and splitter were the names applied to people who carried out the first three steps in the processing of fish. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup [Maybe add to DNE cut v, to T-1965 quot] Perhaps writer here influenced by the -er in the other two specialties. K G. M. Story MAY 20 1988 [check] WK Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Used Sup cut off (the linnet/twine), cut out (a young seal), cut-tail, cut-throat(er), cut-off, cut pole, cutwater, cut tails, cut throats Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 04 Jul 2016