gad

gad n The gad was a stick of about three or four feet long used for instilling discipline into the school-master's charges. DNE-cit GMS Sept 73 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I WITHE, THRASHBERRY, WITHE-ROD, ritrods, gadberry, (as) tough as a gad Checked by Kanachi Angadi on Wed 07 Oct 2015. The...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/32079
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Summary:gad n The gad was a stick of about three or four feet long used for instilling discipline into the school-master's charges. DNE-cit GMS Sept 73 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I WITHE, THRASHBERRY, WITHE-ROD, ritrods, gadberry, (as) tough as a gad Checked by Kanachi Angadi on Wed 07 Oct 2015. The source is listed as M 71-34 in DNE.

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