bawl
bawl v 'That'll come to a bawl in a minute." Children, usually young children from 5 - 14 or older, carrying-on or fooling around would receive this warning from parents. Bawl means to cry - usually implied that they would make themselves cry or receive a spanking. to cry [Cp. come to...
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| Language: | English |
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1970
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4548 |
| Summary: | bawl v 'That'll come to a bawl in a minute." Children, usually young children from 5 - 14 or older, carrying-on or fooling around would receive this warning from parents. Bawl means to cry - usually implied that they would make themselves cry or receive a spanking. to cry [Cp. come to a boil. WK] JH 14/1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used |
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