crab

crab Said of oarsmen at the "Races" (Regatta) "He caught a crab." That is,he failed to grab water xx with his oar and lost a stroke. JH JH 3/70 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 06 Jul 2016

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19236
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/19236 2023-12-31T10:17:32+01:00 crab 1970/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19236 eng eng C St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17819 C_17819_crab http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19236 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z crab Said of oarsmen at the "Races" (Regatta) "He caught a crab." That is,he failed to grab water xx with his oar and lost a stroke. JH JH 3/70 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 06 Jul 2016 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
op_collection_id ftmemorialunivdc
language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
crab
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description crab Said of oarsmen at the "Races" (Regatta) "He caught a crab." That is,he failed to grab water xx with his oar and lost a stroke. JH JH 3/70 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 06 Jul 2016
format Manuscript
title crab
title_short crab
title_full crab
title_fullStr crab
title_full_unstemmed crab
title_sort crab
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19236
genre Newfoundland
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
St. John's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
17819
C_17819_crab
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