'got legs on him and he came in'

get Mrs. Moulton, aged about 60, told me that a taximan whose home was in Pouch Cove, was anxious that his father ould come down from Notre Dame Bay to visit him. For years he had refused but one day they 'got legs on him and he came in'. This means that he came in to visit his children. D...

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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/29141
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/29141 2023-12-31T10:19:06+01:00 'got legs on him and he came in' image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29141 eng eng G Gilbert Higgins March 1966 St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16029 G_16029_get http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29141 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 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z get Mrs. Moulton, aged about 60, told me that a taximan whose home was in Pouch Cove, was anxious that his father ould come down from Notre Dame Bay to visit him. For years he had refused but one day they 'got legs on him and he came in'. This means that he came in to visit his children. DNE-cit DNE-cit Not used Not used Withdrawn Typed. Head used but not in this sense. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
'got legs on him and he came in'
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description get Mrs. Moulton, aged about 60, told me that a taximan whose home was in Pouch Cove, was anxious that his father ould come down from Notre Dame Bay to visit him. For years he had refused but one day they 'got legs on him and he came in'. This means that he came in to visit his children. DNE-cit DNE-cit Not used Not used Withdrawn Typed. Head used but not in this sense.
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title 'got legs on him and he came in'
title_short 'got legs on him and he came in'
title_full 'got legs on him and he came in'
title_fullStr 'got legs on him and he came in'
title_full_unstemmed 'got legs on him and he came in'
title_sort 'got legs on him and he came in'
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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 G
Gilbert Higgins March 1966
St. John's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16029
G_16029_get
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