_store loft_

store n in childhood this was a place of joy and curiosity. It means the top floor (2nd floor) of a store which might contain stored wood fish salt beef & other supplies on the first floor and the top floor would be a carpenters workshop used for making things with _shavings_ on the floor and al...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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Summary:store n in childhood this was a place of joy and curiosity. It means the top floor (2nd floor) of a store which might contain stored wood fish salt beef & other supplies on the first floor and the top floor would be a carpenters workshop used for making things with _shavings_ on the floor and all kinds of carpenter tools around and pieces of wood which one could cut and chip as a boy likes to do. DICT CEN. JAN 12 1968 [check] Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Not used FISH STORE, store keeper, store loft; LOFT, STAGE ~, ~ keeper, ~ loft. NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY

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