scrawn* (?) bag (scran bag???)

scrawn n Carry figs on ice in your scrawn* bag.But all you get in your scrawn* bag clear o' that, clear o' hard bread, would be rolled oats,see. (bag for holding personal food when at the icefields??) Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON JUL 1973 (* = my spelling) (see OED/EED _scran_ , but NB E...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40972
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Summary:scrawn n Carry figs on ice in your scrawn* bag.But all you get in your scrawn* bag clear o' that, clear o' hard bread, would be rolled oats,see. (bag for holding personal food when at the icefields??) Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON JUL 1973 (* = my spelling) (see OED/EED _scran_ , but NB EDD _scrawn_) Used I Used I Used I scram, scran*, scrawn-bag, nunch-bag, scrawn-box Source listed in DNE as T 141/68-65[S]2[S]

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