London smoke

london n [PT] An' this.what they used to call London smoke.pink London smoke. Women used to use it, you know, for makin' underwear; pink London smoke, you know, an' dark. Now that was a good item, a pink London smoke, at that time. You wouldn't use [it] for a tar- mop now! But we...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1964
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50970
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/50970 2023-12-31T10:19:23+01:00 London smoke 1964/06/30 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50970 eng eng L Elijah Brown T C39 64-11 Tan R190 Coll.JW June 30 1964 Baine Harbour References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13495 L_13495_london n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50970 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 1964 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z london n [PT] An' this.what they used to call London smoke.pink London smoke. Women used to use it, you know, for makin' underwear; pink London smoke, you know, an' dark. Now that was a good item, a pink London smoke, at that time. You wouldn't use [it] for a tar- mop now! But we used to put it away an' [a] feller comin' out with money we'd sell him that. When a feller wanted [it] on credit we'd give him the other! We wouldn't sell him that! [a type of cloth material] Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON Used I Used I Used I london smoke Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 29 Jul 2015 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
London smoke
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description london n [PT] An' this.what they used to call London smoke.pink London smoke. Women used to use it, you know, for makin' underwear; pink London smoke, you know, an' dark. Now that was a good item, a pink London smoke, at that time. You wouldn't use [it] for a tar- mop now! But we used to put it away an' [a] feller comin' out with money we'd sell him that. When a feller wanted [it] on credit we'd give him the other! We wouldn't sell him that! [a type of cloth material] Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON Used I Used I Used I london smoke Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 29 Jul 2015
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title London smoke
title_short London smoke
title_full London smoke
title_fullStr London smoke
title_full_unstemmed London smoke
title_sort london smoke
publishDate 1964
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/50970
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 L
Elijah Brown T C39 64-11 Tan R190
Coll.JW June 30 1964 Baine Harbour
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13495
L_13495_london n
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