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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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37979
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spelling 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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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
jiggin veil
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description 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
format Manuscript
title jiggin veil
title_short jiggin veil
title_full jiggin veil
title_fullStr jiggin veil
title_full_unstemmed jiggin veil
title_sort jiggin veil
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37979
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 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
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