dunch or (dunsh)

dunch This is the term used to describe the feeling in one's posterior after having sat for a long time on a hard chair in one position. It's a feeling of numbness one sometimes gets while listening to long-winded politicians. One's "bottom" becomes dunch. This term is still...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/23015
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/23015 2023-12-31T10:14:53+01:00 dunch or (dunsh) image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/23015 eng eng D 22 71 - 103 Clara Dorothy James, 44, U.C. Corner Brook - July 8 From my own memory (Brigus) How far back it was used I can't tell References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14148 D_14148_dunch http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/23015 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 dunch This is the term used to describe the feeling in one's posterior after having sat for a long time on a hard chair in one position. It's a feeling of numbness one sometimes gets while listening to long-winded politicians. One's "bottom" becomes dunch. This term is still used in Brigus. Yes DICT CEN. JW Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used On 'Newfoundland Folklore Survey' Card Manuscript Newfoundland 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
dunch or (dunsh)
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description dunch This is the term used to describe the feeling in one's posterior after having sat for a long time on a hard chair in one position. It's a feeling of numbness one sometimes gets while listening to long-winded politicians. One's "bottom" becomes dunch. This term is still used in Brigus. Yes DICT CEN. JW Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used On 'Newfoundland Folklore Survey' Card
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title dunch or (dunsh)
title_short dunch or (dunsh)
title_full dunch or (dunsh)
title_fullStr dunch or (dunsh)
title_full_unstemmed dunch or (dunsh)
title_sort dunch or (dunsh)
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genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation D
22 71 - 103
Clara Dorothy James, 44, U.C. Corner Brook - July 8 From my own memory (Brigus) How far back it was used I can't tell
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14148
D_14148_dunch
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