dogs

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22722

dog1 n "Gunners and dogs get ready!" Dogs, by the way, are the riflemen's attendants, who carry cartridges in a canvas bag not slung over the shoulder. No, indeed! The cartridge bags are borne carefully in the hand, and there's a very good reason for that.with the bag in your hand you can let go of it, [if you fall between two ice pans] and so you can scramble out on the pan with nothing worse than a sea bath [s]of[s] in a temperature of zero. . . G.M. Story 11/77 JH 11/77 DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I dog bear, ~ harp, HARP, ~ hood, HOOD, cp BITCH, dog cat, CAT(AMARAN), ~ killer, ~ slide, SLIDE n, go dog for, out dogs and in dieters, DIETER, dog hold, dog pup, WATER PUP, ~ WHELP Checked by Nicole Collins on Fri 09 Oct 2015. First line not used in DNE.