Driet

drite n or _dryth_, dryness or dryingness. "It's no use spreading out the fish, there is no _driet_ in the weather." It seems simply a corruption of the word _drought_. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story August 1959 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I driet, dryth Checked by Jordyn Hughe...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1959
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21902
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Summary:drite n or _dryth_, dryness or dryingness. "It's no use spreading out the fish, there is no _driet_ in the weather." It seems simply a corruption of the word _drought_. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story August 1959 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I driet, dryth Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 27 Jul 2016

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