can't be jammed

jam v Clever and efficient in overcoming difficulties - smart, proficient - when such a man is referred to by an admirer who will say, "He can't be jammed." The expression got its loud usage from the sealers at the seal fishery in their admiration of the first steel-built steamers, ow...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1956
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37830
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/37830 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 can't be jammed 1956/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37830 eng eng J 1937 DEVINE Folklore of Nfld 65 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13556 J_13556_jam v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37830 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 1956 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z jam v Clever and efficient in overcoming difficulties - smart, proficient - when such a man is referred to by an admirer who will say, "He can't be jammed." The expression got its loud usage from the sealers at the seal fishery in their admiration of the first steel-built steamers, owing to the way they sped through the ice-floes as compared with the old wooden whalers. I have even heard a sealer referring to his girl in these terms: "A fine girl. Why, she can't be jammed." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1956 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I not be jammed, jam-block Checked by Sarah Budgell on Thu 09 Apr 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 15 Jul 2015 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
can't be jammed
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description jam v Clever and efficient in overcoming difficulties - smart, proficient - when such a man is referred to by an admirer who will say, "He can't be jammed." The expression got its loud usage from the sealers at the seal fishery in their admiration of the first steel-built steamers, owing to the way they sped through the ice-floes as compared with the old wooden whalers. I have even heard a sealer referring to his girl in these terms: "A fine girl. Why, she can't be jammed." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1956 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I not be jammed, jam-block Checked by Sarah Budgell on Thu 09 Apr 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Wed 15 Jul 2015
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title can't be jammed
title_short can't be jammed
title_full can't be jammed
title_fullStr can't be jammed
title_full_unstemmed can't be jammed
title_sort can't be jammed
publishDate 1956
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1937 DEVINE Folklore of Nfld 65
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
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