gambo???*; gamble*?(n); gamboes???*; gambles?*; (gambrel)

gambo An' the takle was put up in under the collar beams, up in the _ an' the hindlegs o' the pigs _ there's gamboes* put across the the pig's legs an' he's put up,hoist up in the _ in the saw pit hole. Yes (seems to be _gamboes_*, even though this speaker always u...

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Newfoundland
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Summary:gambo An' the takle was put up in under the collar beams, up in the _ an' the hindlegs o' the pigs _ there's gamboes* put across the the pig's legs an' he's put up,hoist up in the _ in the saw pit hole. Yes (seems to be _gamboes_*, even though this speaker always uses very dark [ l ] sounds. See EDD under _gambrel_) (* = my spelling) JUL 1973 J. D. A. WIDDOWSON Not used Not used Withdrawn Typed. [ l ] is a phonetic transcription: see scan.

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