Sleevene

sleeveen n This word is meant as an insult when you call a person it. Like I often call my brother a sleevene, example, "You miserable no good sleevene, you don't deserrve to live." I repeat it in from of mom and anyone else around. I often say this to him when he is finished dinner o...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/48731 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 Sleevene xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48731 eng eng S W.G. Gushue English 340, 67/68 Corner Brook References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17334 S_17334_sleeveen n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/48731 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 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z sleeveen n This word is meant as an insult when you call a person it. Like I often call my brother a sleevene, example, "You miserable no good sleevene, you don't deserrve to live." I repeat it in from of mom and anyone else around. I often say this to him when he is finished dinner or supper and starts takinf food from my plate. I don't know what the word sleevene means, but I do know that it is insulting. This insult doesn't bother Gordon, and he just ignores it, than Mom or his wife would bring in more food to him. Used I and Sup Not used 1 Not used sleiveen, slieveen, sleveen 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
Sleevene
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description sleeveen n This word is meant as an insult when you call a person it. Like I often call my brother a sleevene, example, "You miserable no good sleevene, you don't deserrve to live." I repeat it in from of mom and anyone else around. I often say this to him when he is finished dinner or supper and starts takinf food from my plate. I don't know what the word sleevene means, but I do know that it is insulting. This insult doesn't bother Gordon, and he just ignores it, than Mom or his wife would bring in more food to him. Used I and Sup Not used 1 Not used sleiveen, slieveen, sleveen
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title Sleevene
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title_full Sleevene
title_fullStr Sleevene
title_full_unstemmed Sleevene
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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W.G. Gushue English 340, 67/68 Corner Brook
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
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