not worth his salt

salt .Drat him. He ain't worth his salt, much less his fish. He only caught a little over forty quintals last summer. PRINTED ITEM H W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1978 JH JAN 1978 Used I and Sup Not used Not used The phrase 'worth his salt' does appear in the DNE I under 'squirt'

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1978
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/43260
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/43260 2023-12-31T10:18:27+01:00 not worth his salt 1978/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/43260 eng eng S 1888 STEARNS Wrecked on Labrador 146 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13355 S_13355_salt http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/43260 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 1978 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z salt .Drat him. He ain't worth his salt, much less his fish. He only caught a little over forty quintals last summer. PRINTED ITEM H W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1978 JH JAN 1978 Used I and Sup Not used Not used The phrase 'worth his salt' does appear in the DNE I under 'squirt' 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
not worth his salt
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description salt .Drat him. He ain't worth his salt, much less his fish. He only caught a little over forty quintals last summer. PRINTED ITEM H W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1978 JH JAN 1978 Used I and Sup Not used Not used The phrase 'worth his salt' does appear in the DNE I under 'squirt'
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title not worth his salt
title_short not worth his salt
title_full not worth his salt
title_fullStr not worth his salt
title_full_unstemmed not worth his salt
title_sort not worth his salt
publishDate 1978
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/43260
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation S
1888 STEARNS Wrecked on Labrador 146
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13355
S_13355_salt
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