horse-stinger

horse n. In Newfoundland these [dragon] flies are generally called horse-stingers, though they do not possess the power of stinging. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN FEB 1970 JH 2/70 Used I and Sup Used I Used I [see 'sting nickers'] 'devil's darning needles' 'hossting...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/33780 2023-12-31T10:13:08+01:00 horse-stinger image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33780 eng eng H 1846 TOCQUE Wandering Thoughts 269 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14832 H_14832_horse n. http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33780 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z horse n. In Newfoundland these [dragon] flies are generally called horse-stingers, though they do not possess the power of stinging. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN FEB 1970 JH 2/70 Used I and Sup Used I Used I [see 'sting nickers'] 'devil's darning needles' 'hosstingers' Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
horse-stinger
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description horse n. In Newfoundland these [dragon] flies are generally called horse-stingers, though they do not possess the power of stinging. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN FEB 1970 JH 2/70 Used I and Sup Used I Used I [see 'sting nickers'] 'devil's darning needles' 'hosstingers'
format Manuscript
title horse-stinger
title_short horse-stinger
title_full horse-stinger
title_fullStr horse-stinger
title_full_unstemmed horse-stinger
title_sort horse-stinger
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/33780
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation H
1846 TOCQUE Wandering Thoughts 269
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14832
H_14832_horse n.
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