droke

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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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21978
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/21978 2023-12-31T10:18:53+01:00 droke image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21978 eng eng D Marguerite Gosse, Q 71 D Mr. Thomas Bareneed, C.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15212 D_15212_droke n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21978 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 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z 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 Used I and Sup Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
droke
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 Used I and Sup Not used
format Manuscript
title droke
title_short droke
title_full droke
title_fullStr droke
title_full_unstemmed droke
title_sort droke
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21978
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 D
Marguerite Gosse, Q 71 D
Mr. Thomas Bareneed, C.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15212
D_15212_droke n
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