jiggin veil
jigging vbl n jiggin veil - a widows veil known as a jiggin veil because it is considered an obvious method of showing men you are now available for marriage. .One does not necessarily have to be wearing the veil. It has become a figure of speech meaning a widow who wants to remarry. JH APR 1971 DNE...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/37979 2023-12-31T10:19:14+01:00 jiggin veil 1971/04/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37979 eng eng J Leslie Ayre, 66-1/87 St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13874 J_13874_jigging vbl n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37979 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z jigging vbl n jiggin veil - a widows veil known as a jiggin veil because it is considered an obvious method of showing men you are now available for marriage. .One does not necessarily have to be wearing the veil. It has become a figure of speech meaning a widow who wants to remarry. JH APR 1971 DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I JIG v, jigging ground, GROUND, SQUID (JIGGING) jigging veil, jigging machine Checked by Adrian Young on Wed 10 Jun 2015; Source referenced as C 66-1 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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jigging vbl n jiggin veil - a widows veil known as a jiggin veil because it is considered an obvious method of showing men you are now available for marriage. .One does not necessarily have to be wearing the veil. It has become a figure of speech meaning a widow who wants to remarry. JH APR 1971 DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I JIG v, jigging ground, GROUND, SQUID (JIGGING) jigging veil, jigging machine Checked by Adrian Young on Wed 10 Jun 2015; Source referenced as C 66-1 |
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J Leslie Ayre, 66-1/87 St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13874 J_13874_jigging vbl n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37979 |
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