skirt (n); skirts

skirt n Nobody never looked overboard,my son,to take up the skirts like you would now - he's hove up,isn't he? We'd heave him up wi' capstans. There was nobody reached over to take hold the skirts o' the trap. Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1973 Used I Used I Used I SKEI...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/44652
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Summary:skirt n Nobody never looked overboard,my son,to take up the skirts like you would now - he's hove up,isn't he? We'd heave him up wi' capstans. There was nobody reached over to take hold the skirts o' the trap. Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1973 Used I Used I Used I SKEIN, STRING

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