scravel day
scravel n My father tells me that years ago i.e. in the 1930's and the first half of the next decade, Friday was known to the Bell Island Miners as _scravel day_. [This was a variation of _scramble_] . . . used to describe the flurry of activity which invariably characterized the last work-day...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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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/47290 |
| Summary: | scravel n My father tells me that years ago i.e. in the 1930's and the first half of the next decade, Friday was known to the Bell Island Miners as _scravel day_. [This was a variation of _scramble_] . . . used to describe the flurry of activity which invariably characterized the last work-day of the week. . . . died out in the forties as regular shift work was introduced. DNE-cit JH 7/70 Used I Used I 2 Used I scrabble, scravel day Source listed in DNE as C 70-20. |
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