sleveen

sleeveen n person who does something to rouse another person's temper. Whenever I got into a fight with one of my four brothers, (I was the oldest) and made one [REVERSE] of them cry, this would upset him very much. As a result he would draw his hand back over his shoulder as if to strike me an...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/47056 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 sleveen xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47056 eng eng S 31 71-96 George Emberley 25 RC Buchans around early 60's July 9/71 George Emberley Sr. Grandfather 73 Buchans R.C. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17331 S_17331_sleeveen n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47056 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 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z sleeveen n person who does something to rouse another person's temper. Whenever I got into a fight with one of my four brothers, (I was the oldest) and made one [REVERSE] of them cry, this would upset him very much. As a result he would draw his hand back over his shoulder as if to strike me and shout out in a very serious and rough voice - "you sleeven". This would immediately cause me to stop fighting. An interesting observation is that the gesture of going to strike me _always_ accomapanied the saying "sleveen." But he would never ever strike me. Yes DICT CEN. Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used sleiveen, slieveen, sleeveen "Folklore Survey Card"; Reverse side of S_17330 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description sleeveen n person who does something to rouse another person's temper. Whenever I got into a fight with one of my four brothers, (I was the oldest) and made one [REVERSE] of them cry, this would upset him very much. As a result he would draw his hand back over his shoulder as if to strike me and shout out in a very serious and rough voice - "you sleeven". This would immediately cause me to stop fighting. An interesting observation is that the gesture of going to strike me _always_ accomapanied the saying "sleveen." But he would never ever strike me. Yes DICT CEN. Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used sleiveen, slieveen, sleeveen "Folklore Survey Card"; Reverse side of S_17330
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31 71-96
George Emberley 25 RC Buchans around early 60's July 9/71 George Emberley Sr. Grandfather 73 Buchans R.C.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
17331
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