darn of rum

darn of rum Geo: Do any Nflders know and use _dawn_? (Very poetic to me.) My ingenuity is: _a levener, a four o' clock, a dawn_: one of the periodic swigs of rum drunk by fisherman between 3-4am and mid-morning that I used to hear described. [check] Rings true to me! Not used Not used Not used...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/20350
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Summary:darn of rum Geo: Do any Nflders know and use _dawn_? (Very poetic to me.) My ingenuity is: _a levener, a four o' clock, a dawn_: one of the periodic swigs of rum drunk by fisherman between 3-4am and mid-morning that I used to hear described. [check] Rings true to me! Not used Not used Not used Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 17 Dec 2014

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