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high The work of splitting kept the men busy until nearly eleven o'clock. The talk then was of the number of tubs split that day, which was added to the count kept by some member of the crew. The amount of fish on board at any given time was reckoned in units of tubs. Three tubs held about 1,00...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1981
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34800
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/34800 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 [high line] 1981/01/18 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34800 eng eng H 1887 U S Fisheries 'The Bank Trawl-line Fishery' References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16149 H_16149_high http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/34800 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 1981 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z high The work of splitting kept the men busy until nearly eleven o'clock. The talk then was of the number of tubs split that day, which was added to the count kept by some member of the crew. The amount of fish on board at any given time was reckoned in units of tubs. Three tubs held about 1,000 pounds of dressed fish, and thus our cargo, which by count contained 255 tubs, weighed off at Gloucester 78,000 pounds. By induction they could tell how large their cargo was at any time, though they did not often reduce it, since by long use the amount in tubs has asdefinite a meaning as the amount in pounds. JAN 18 1981 Not Used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 21 Apr 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description high The work of splitting kept the men busy until nearly eleven o'clock. The talk then was of the number of tubs split that day, which was added to the count kept by some member of the crew. The amount of fish on board at any given time was reckoned in units of tubs. Three tubs held about 1,000 pounds of dressed fish, and thus our cargo, which by count contained 255 tubs, weighed off at Gloucester 78,000 pounds. By induction they could tell how large their cargo was at any time, though they did not often reduce it, since by long use the amount in tubs has asdefinite a meaning as the amount in pounds. JAN 18 1981 Not Used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 21 Apr 2015
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1887 U S Fisheries 'The Bank Trawl-line Fishery'
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
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