Gallus; Suspenders; Braces

Gallus Mr. E. Hussey, tailor and World War I veteran, St. John's, Nfld., February 5, 1966. Said he heard a boy from Bonavista use the word "gallus" for suspenders (the article of clothing men use to hold up their trousers if they do not wear a belt). Mrs. Winnie Martin, says that in S...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/28501 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 Gallus; Suspenders; Braces image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/28501 eng eng G Herbert Halpert March 3, 1966 Bonavista St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15984 D_14067_Gallus http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/28501 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 Gallus Mr. E. Hussey, tailor and World War I veteran, St. John's, Nfld., February 5, 1966. Said he heard a boy from Bonavista use the word "gallus" for suspenders (the article of clothing men use to hold up their trousers if they do not wear a belt). Mrs. Winnie Martin, says that in St. John's a suspender refers to men's garter which hooks to a stocking or to the fourdangling gadgets on a woman's "suspender belt" used to hook on to stockingd when a woman isn't wearing a girdle. The item a man has over his shoulders to hold up his trousers she calls "braces". Not used Not used Not used 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
Gallus; Suspenders; Braces
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description Gallus Mr. E. Hussey, tailor and World War I veteran, St. John's, Nfld., February 5, 1966. Said he heard a boy from Bonavista use the word "gallus" for suspenders (the article of clothing men use to hold up their trousers if they do not wear a belt). Mrs. Winnie Martin, says that in St. John's a suspender refers to men's garter which hooks to a stocking or to the fourdangling gadgets on a woman's "suspender belt" used to hook on to stockingd when a woman isn't wearing a girdle. The item a man has over his shoulders to hold up his trousers she calls "braces". Not used Not used Not used
format Manuscript
title Gallus; Suspenders; Braces
title_short Gallus; Suspenders; Braces
title_full Gallus; Suspenders; Braces
title_fullStr Gallus; Suspenders; Braces
title_full_unstemmed Gallus; Suspenders; Braces
title_sort gallus; suspenders; braces
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/28501
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 G
Herbert Halpert March 3, 1966
Bonavista St. John's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15984
D_14067_Gallus
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