| Summary: | kirby n My room-mate, Elaine Peddle (student, 20, of Hodge's Cove), told me some words she heard her Aunt Olivia (Mrs. Olivia Drover of Hodge's Cove) use while she was home for the weekend. She said they were ones that only the old people (some of them) use. Mrs. Drover has used these words since approximately 1930. Elaine's father, William Peddle, calls a blanket or quilt a "kerby". I haven't heard this word used before. a blanket or quilt Used I and Sup Not used Not used [see 'curvey', 'curvy', 'comforter', 'eiderdown'] 'kirby', curvy, curby Checked by Raji Sreeni on Wed 29 Jul 2015
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