half (drum

half [Salt] fish for. Brazil was packaged in drums and half-drums. (Officially, a drum contained four Portuguese arrobas for a total of 129.517 lbs, avoirdupois, but 128 lbs was often the weight used by the Newfoundland shippers.) [Add to DNE half a, to 1977 cite] lbs., lbs. G. M. Story DEC 14 1987...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35901
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/35901 2023-12-31T10:15:21+01:00 half (drum image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35901 eng eng H 1986 RYAN xxii References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13102 H_13102_half http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35901 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 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z half [Salt] fish for. Brazil was packaged in drums and half-drums. (Officially, a drum contained four Portuguese arrobas for a total of 129.517 lbs, avoirdupois, but 128 lbs was often the weight used by the Newfoundland shippers.) [Add to DNE half a, to 1977 cite] lbs., lbs. G. M. Story DEC 14 1987 WK Used I and Sup Used Sup Not used Comb ~ barrel, ~ door, ~ drum, ~ gallon, ~ quintal. Card is marked as being used in the DNE Sup but contents do not appear. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
half (drum
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description half [Salt] fish for. Brazil was packaged in drums and half-drums. (Officially, a drum contained four Portuguese arrobas for a total of 129.517 lbs, avoirdupois, but 128 lbs was often the weight used by the Newfoundland shippers.) [Add to DNE half a, to 1977 cite] lbs., lbs. G. M. Story DEC 14 1987 WK Used I and Sup Used Sup Not used Comb ~ barrel, ~ door, ~ drum, ~ gallon, ~ quintal. Card is marked as being used in the DNE Sup but contents do not appear.
format Manuscript
title half (drum
title_short half (drum
title_full half (drum
title_fullStr half (drum
title_full_unstemmed half (drum
title_sort half (drum
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35901
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
1986 RYAN xxii
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13102
H_13102_half
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/35901
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