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against I can remember we used to be on Salt Harbour they used to see the boats beatin' in there against - against sou'west wind. (ie before; also has the sense of "in advance warning of" as in lights etc" seen against weather". See OED _against_ IV, 13, and EDD _agains...

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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/3352
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/3352 2023-12-31T10:18:56+01:00 against 1973/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3352 eng eng A Josiah Kearley T C174 65-17 Tan R737 Coll. JW and Fred Earle Aug 14 1965 rec. Lewisporte born Herring Neck References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13823 A_13823_against http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3352 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 1973 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z against I can remember we used to be on Salt Harbour they used to see the boats beatin' in there against - against sou'west wind. (ie before; also has the sense of "in advance warning of" as in lights etc" seen against weather". See OED _against_ IV, 13, and EDD _against_ IV) Yes J.D.A. WIDDOWSON JUL 1973 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Tue 23 Sep 2014; Withdrawn but no stamp Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description against I can remember we used to be on Salt Harbour they used to see the boats beatin' in there against - against sou'west wind. (ie before; also has the sense of "in advance warning of" as in lights etc" seen against weather". See OED _against_ IV, 13, and EDD _against_ IV) Yes J.D.A. WIDDOWSON JUL 1973 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Tue 23 Sep 2014; Withdrawn but no stamp
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Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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Josiah Kearley T C174 65-17 Tan R737
Coll. JW and Fred Earle Aug 14 1965 rec. Lewisporte born Herring Neck
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13823
A_13823_against
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