galley-nipper n

garnipper .I had stuffed my clothes along in the spaces [in the house] to keep out the musquitoes and galleynippers. Geo, Precedes DNE 1842 cite with this spelling. BUT did Fleming write it or Howley translate it? H. Rollmann says, _not_ in the Italian, so probably English in the MSS deposited in th...

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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/29508
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Summary:garnipper .I had stuffed my clothes along in the spaces [in the house] to keep out the musquitoes and galleynippers. Geo, Precedes DNE 1842 cite with this spelling. BUT did Fleming write it or Howley translate it? H. Rollmann says, _not_ in the Italian, so probably English in the MSS deposited in the Vatican. WK Apr 20 1969 -line break under garnipper Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used Sup The stamped year in the third editor's note is unclear.

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