Store loft.

store n In childhood this was a place of joy and curiosity. It means the top floor (second floor) of a store which might con- tain stored wood, fish, salt beef and other supplies on the first floor, and the top floor would be a carpenter's workshop used for making things with shavings on the fl...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/46290 2023-12-31T10:19:30+01:00 Store loft. xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/46290 eng eng S Walter Lane English 340, 67/68 Sandy Cove, B. Bay Community vocabulary, heard 1944-68. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 20537 S_20537_store n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/46290 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:39Z store n In childhood this was a place of joy and curiosity. It means the top floor (second floor) of a store which might con- tain stored wood, fish, salt beef and other supplies on the first floor, and the top floor would be a carpenter's workshop used for making things with shavings on the floor and all kinds of carpenter tools around and pieces of wood which one could cut and chip as a boy likes to do. My grandfather had a store loft as did most of my uncles. They would make there:- window boxes and frames, boats (small boats) 10-15-20 feet long, and any handiwork they might wish to do. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I FISH STORE, store keeper, store loft; LOFT, STAGE ~, ~ keeper, ~ loft. Source listed in DNE as P 150-68. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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Store loft.
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description store n In childhood this was a place of joy and curiosity. It means the top floor (second floor) of a store which might con- tain stored wood, fish, salt beef and other supplies on the first floor, and the top floor would be a carpenter's workshop used for making things with shavings on the floor and all kinds of carpenter tools around and pieces of wood which one could cut and chip as a boy likes to do. My grandfather had a store loft as did most of my uncles. They would make there:- window boxes and frames, boats (small boats) 10-15-20 feet long, and any handiwork they might wish to do. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I FISH STORE, store keeper, store loft; LOFT, STAGE ~, ~ keeper, ~ loft. Source listed in DNE as P 150-68.
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title Store loft.
title_short Store loft.
title_full Store loft.
title_fullStr Store loft.
title_full_unstemmed Store loft.
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
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Walter Lane English 340, 67/68
Sandy Cove, B. Bay Community vocabulary, heard 1944-68.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
20537
S_20537_store n
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