drouch

droke n 174. Mr. Thomas speculated that this term comes from "drook", meaning a long narrow valley which has steep, wooded sides. My mother says that if drouch is pronounced as drok, she would define it as a furrow. example: "I placed the potato seeds down in the droke." DNE-cit...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/19430 2023-12-31T10:19:12+01:00 drouch image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19430 eng eng D Marguerite Gosse, Q 71 D Mr. Thomas St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15225 D_15225_droke n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19430 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z droke n 174. Mr. Thomas speculated that this term comes from "drook", meaning a long narrow valley which has steep, wooded sides. My mother says that if drouch is pronounced as drok, she would define it as a furrow. example: "I placed the potato seeds down in the droke." DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN APR 1973 JH APR 1973 Used I and Sup Not used Not used 'Drouch' does not appear as an alternate word form under 'droke n' in the DNE. The closest spelling that appears is 'droch'. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
drouch
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description droke n 174. Mr. Thomas speculated that this term comes from "drook", meaning a long narrow valley which has steep, wooded sides. My mother says that if drouch is pronounced as drok, she would define it as a furrow. example: "I placed the potato seeds down in the droke." DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN APR 1973 JH APR 1973 Used I and Sup Not used Not used 'Drouch' does not appear as an alternate word form under 'droke n' in the DNE. The closest spelling that appears is 'droch'.
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title drouch
title_short drouch
title_full drouch
title_fullStr drouch
title_full_unstemmed drouch
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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Marguerite Gosse, Q 71 D
Mr. Thomas St. John's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15225
D_15225_droke n
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