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draw v [PT] Well, probably you would.you'd dry up about.if the fish was runnin' good, you'd dry up thirty, forty, fifty quintals. Well, there's a lot o' work to that, see, dry up fifty quintals o' live fish. Yes DNE-cit =draw up (JW) [check] CONFIRMED 6/8/80 (This word...

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Summary:draw v [PT] Well, probably you would.you'd dry up about.if the fish was runnin' good, you'd dry up thirty, forty, fifty quintals. Well, there's a lot o' work to that, see, dry up fifty quintals o' live fish. Yes DNE-cit =draw up (JW) [check] CONFIRMED 6/8/80 (This word is not _draw_ as in the transcripts. It seems to me to be an unusual usage for simple _dry_.) J. D. A. WIDDOWSON Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used you can draw [fish] by the head, but you must drag by the tail, draw a blank, draw the spile, draw/dry up, BLANK n, HAUL v, draw-bucket, drawing- ~, draw-latch Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 27 Jul 2016