knocked up

knock Even three miles across the harbor at Bordeaux the inhabitants used certain phrases which could cause much merriment at Arnold's Cove./ Once when the 'flu[-]e[-] was rampant, Great Uncle Tom Eddy rowed down to the cover and, of course, the first question was "And how is all your...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38751
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/38751 2023-12-31T10:19:27+01:00 knocked up 1976/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38751 eng eng K 1975 GUY Sea Urchins 63-4 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13813 K_13813_knocked up http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38751 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 1976 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z knock Even three miles across the harbor at Bordeaux the inhabitants used certain phrases which could cause much merriment at Arnold's Cove./ Once when the 'flu[-]e[-] was rampant, Great Uncle Tom Eddy rowed down to the cover and, of course, the first question was "And how is all your crowd, Uncle Tom?" "Only poorly, men. Only poorly. Maggie is all knocked up and Triffie is knocked up and I'm knocked up meself." In the progressive community of Arnold's Cove the phrase, used by Queen Victoria herself to indicate any complaint or illness, had already become a euphemism for pregnancy. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1976 JH JAN 1976 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Raji Sreeni on Thu 13 Aug 2015; In quotation 'crowd' is corrected with pencil. 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
knocked up
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description knock Even three miles across the harbor at Bordeaux the inhabitants used certain phrases which could cause much merriment at Arnold's Cove./ Once when the 'flu[-]e[-] was rampant, Great Uncle Tom Eddy rowed down to the cover and, of course, the first question was "And how is all your crowd, Uncle Tom?" "Only poorly, men. Only poorly. Maggie is all knocked up and Triffie is knocked up and I'm knocked up meself." In the progressive community of Arnold's Cove the phrase, used by Queen Victoria herself to indicate any complaint or illness, had already become a euphemism for pregnancy. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1976 JH JAN 1976 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Raji Sreeni on Thu 13 Aug 2015; In quotation 'crowd' is corrected with pencil.
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title_full knocked up
title_fullStr knocked up
title_full_unstemmed knocked up
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publishDate 1976
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genre Newfoundland
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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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1975 GUY Sea Urchins 63-4
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13813
K_13813_knocked up
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