scunners

scunner n The masters of watches are also called "scunners" - they go up night and day in the forebarrel to "scun" the/ ship - that is, to find the way through the ice. This word comes from "con" of the conning tower on a man-of-war. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story MAR...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47888
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/47888 2023-12-31T10:18:50+01:00 scunners 1970/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47888 eng eng S 1919 GRENFELL Labrador Doctor 174-175 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14432 S_14432_scunner n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47888 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z scunner n The masters of watches are also called "scunners" - they go up night and day in the forebarrel to "scun" the/ ship - that is, to find the way through the ice. This word comes from "con" of the conning tower on a man-of-war. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story MAR 1970 JH 3/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I scun 1, barrel-man Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
scunners
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description scunner n The masters of watches are also called "scunners" - they go up night and day in the forebarrel to "scun" the/ ship - that is, to find the way through the ice. This word comes from "con" of the conning tower on a man-of-war. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story MAR 1970 JH 3/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I scun 1, barrel-man
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title scunners
title_short scunners
title_full scunners
title_fullStr scunners
title_full_unstemmed scunners
title_sort scunners
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/47888
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation S
1919 GRENFELL Labrador Doctor 174-175
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14432
S_14432_scunner n
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