dumsink

dung One of the most familiar words to me when I was growing up was the word 'dumsink' which I think is supposed to spell 'dumpsink'. This is a word used to refer to a place, such as a down on a hill, etc. where garbage is thrown away. The word, however, refers particularly to a...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/22985 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 dumsink image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22985 eng eng D Claude Bishop, 69-2/71 Wesleyville References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14115 D_14115_dung http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22985 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 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z dung One of the most familiar words to me when I was growing up was the word 'dumsink' which I think is supposed to spell 'dumpsink'. This is a word used to refer to a place, such as a down on a hill, etc. where garbage is thrown away. The word, however, refers particularly to a hole dug in the ground near the house. Into this hole is thrown all the garbage such as potato/scraps, left-over food, etc. The water from the kitchen sink also flows into this hole. Every now and again mud was thrown into the hole because this keeps it from smelling too much. In the spring the [dunk sink] was dug out and all the garbage put on the gardens for manure. . . . The word is rarely, if ever, used today. JH 8/71 DNE-cit Used I Not used 1 Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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dumsink
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description dung One of the most familiar words to me when I was growing up was the word 'dumsink' which I think is supposed to spell 'dumpsink'. This is a word used to refer to a place, such as a down on a hill, etc. where garbage is thrown away. The word, however, refers particularly to a hole dug in the ground near the house. Into this hole is thrown all the garbage such as potato/scraps, left-over food, etc. The water from the kitchen sink also flows into this hole. Every now and again mud was thrown into the hole because this keeps it from smelling too much. In the spring the [dunk sink] was dug out and all the garbage put on the gardens for manure. . . . The word is rarely, if ever, used today. JH 8/71 DNE-cit Used I Not used 1 Used I
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title dumsink
title_short dumsink
title_full dumsink
title_fullStr dumsink
title_full_unstemmed dumsink
title_sort dumsink
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/22985
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
Claude Bishop, 69-2/71
Wesleyville
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14115
D_14115_dung
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