gumbeens

gombeen Frequently we had the nightly game of cards, the old game of forty fives, which we played at a couple of priests homes, the stakes generally being small chews of tobacco, called at that time [c.1910] in the outports "gumbeens." Yes JH 10/74 Used I Used I 1 Not used

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/31346
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Summary:gombeen Frequently we had the nightly game of cards, the old game of forty fives, which we played at a couple of priests homes, the stakes generally being small chews of tobacco, called at that time [c.1910] in the outports "gumbeens." Yes JH 10/74 Used I Used I 1 Not used

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