squatters

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1975
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51795

squatter n Thousands of outport men migrate almost as regularly as the seals themselves. With small, home-built schooners - These ingenious pople can turn their hands to making almost everything they need - they take up the sea trek every summer and go down the Labrador. If they pick some berth and settle down, they're called "stationers," "squatters," or "roomers, If they keep on the move, they're "floaters." PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W.J. KIRWIN JUN 1975 JH JUN 1975 Used I Used I 1 Used I Stationer