| Summary: | damper n Some of the phrases are highly picturesque. . When icicles hang by the wall in Newfoundland they are conkerbells. And my old grandmother, running short of bread with the new batch not yet ready to bake, often made damper devils by cooking small pieces of risen dough like pancakes on top of the stove. [see 'hasty come slam', 'damper dogs' 'sintiffin', PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I Used I ~boy, ~ bread, ~ cake, ~ dog; flicker, floater, jigger, dapper, dabber, 'hasty come slam', 'damper dogs' 'sintiffin' Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Thu 11 Dec 2014
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