lost their spring

spring2 n They've been kept outside of the ice, / And been driven southward twice; / Have lost a topmast or a yard, / Have lost their spring, and think it hard. / PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit WK 4/12/69 JH 12/69 l.c.? Used I Used I 3 Used I ~of the year/flask/hook/stick/heeled Jack 'a highwayman&#...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1969
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50695
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Summary:spring2 n They've been kept outside of the ice, / And been driven southward twice; / Have lost a topmast or a yard, / Have lost their spring, and think it hard. / PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit WK 4/12/69 JH 12/69 l.c.? Used I Used I 3 Used I ~of the year/flask/hook/stick/heeled Jack 'a highwayman'/herring/salmon/o' the year/snare/legs/man/heel(ed) Jackson/avens/baiting/fish/fishery/herring/hunt/run/snowshoe/trip/var/vessel/weakness/winter, PATRICK, SHEILA, SNOTTY VAR, VAR, RUN, FALL HERRING, additional linked terms: SUMMER FISH(ERY), BAITING, SUMMER, (FISHING) SEASON, lose one's~. Cited as [1896] SWANSBOROUGH 34 "The Seal Fishery" in DNE.

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