kerby

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 word...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/38811 2023-12-31T10:19:20+01:00 kerby xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38811 eng eng K Rosalind Drodge, English 340, 67/68 Hodge's Cove References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13294 K_13294_kirby n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/38811 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z 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 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description 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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title_full kerby
title_fullStr kerby
title_full_unstemmed kerby
title_sort kerby
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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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Rosalind Drodge, English 340, 67/68
Hodge's Cove
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
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