shares

share n Some of the fishermen are not engaged for wages, but are on shares, and are said to _cut their tails_; which means that they cut a piece from the tail of the fish as soon as it is taken out of the water, by which the man's fish is known from the rest. Of this fish one half is his, as wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1979
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/46588
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Summary:share n Some of the fishermen are not engaged for wages, but are on shares, and are said to _cut their tails_; which means that they cut a piece from the tail of the fish as soon as it is taken out of the water, by which the man's fish is known from the rest. Of this fish one half is his, as wages, and the other half belongs to the planter for the supplies. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit GMS May 79 Used I Used I 2 Used I boats's share, on shares, SHAREMAN, ~ man/money. The source is listed as 1866 WILSON 212 in DNE.

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