barter shop

barter _means_ a small shop where cash & dried fish would be exchanged, on a small scale, for goods - a chapman's [-][cheapman's ? ][-] shop. "'E wid'n' be able t' run a barter shop" - meaning he didn't have brains or education enough for anything dem...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1969
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5172
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Summary:barter _means_ a small shop where cash & dried fish would be exchanged, on a small scale, for goods - a chapman's [-][cheapman's ? ][-] shop. "'E wid'n' be able t' run a barter shop" - meaning he didn't have brains or education enough for anything demanding the minimum of these things. DNE-cit JH-1-12-69 [-]English 240[-] Used I Used I Used I Source appears in DNE as: P 54-67.