longers
longer n . "I'd rather live in a tilt than live like this!" [in a house with two families] I believe this term is derived from the practice of tilting "longers" up against a bank, or other trees, and covering them with branches to form a shelter. DNE-cit JH 6/71 Used I and S...
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1971
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/41233 |
| Summary: | longer n . "I'd rather live in a tilt than live like this!" [in a house with two families] I believe this term is derived from the practice of tilting "longers" up against a bank, or other trees, and covering them with branches to form a shelter. DNE-cit JH 6/71 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not Used lunger, strouter, stouter, longer fence, pratt Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 06 Aug 2015 |
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