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scrip n The real problem was that Horwood [lumber company] paid its [Clarke's Head] workers in what we called scrip, or company money. This money came in eight-sided aluminum coins about the size of a twenty-five cent piece with the words 'Horwood Lumber Company Limited' on one side a...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1987
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44487
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/44487 2023-12-31T10:19:25+01:00 scrip n 1987/11/06 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44487 eng eng S 1986 SAUNDERS 62 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 22337 S_22337_scrip n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44487 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 1987 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z scrip n The real problem was that Horwood [lumber company] paid its [Clarke's Head] workers in what we called scrip, or company money. This money came in eight-sided aluminum coins about the size of a twenty-five cent piece with the words 'Horwood Lumber Company Limited' on one side and 'Good Only for Trade' on the other. As I recall, it was issued in values of a dollar, fifty cents and twenty-five cents, and since the workers and their families could only spend it at the company store, and had very little ready cash, we didn't get much trade. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G.M.Story NOV.6X 1987 WK [Consider for DNE Sup; cp DNE script also scrip] Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description scrip n The real problem was that Horwood [lumber company] paid its [Clarke's Head] workers in what we called scrip, or company money. This money came in eight-sided aluminum coins about the size of a twenty-five cent piece with the words 'Horwood Lumber Company Limited' on one side and 'Good Only for Trade' on the other. As I recall, it was issued in values of a dollar, fifty cents and twenty-five cents, and since the workers and their families could only spend it at the company store, and had very little ready cash, we didn't get much trade. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G.M.Story NOV.6X 1987 WK [Consider for DNE Sup; cp DNE script also scrip] Not used Not used Withdrawn
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1986 SAUNDERS 62
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
22337
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