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skinnner n The only really respectable pay made by any workers in the sealing industry is cleared by the skinners, at St. John's. The skinners are tremendously deft. With long knives they peel away the fat in two or three slashes, never leaving a shred of fat on the skins or cutting the hides....
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/51962 2023-12-31T10:19:02+01:00 skinners 1976/11/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51962 eng eng S 1924 ENGLAND Vikings 226 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17015 S_17015_skinnner n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51962 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 1976 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z skinnner n The only really respectable pay made by any workers in the sealing industry is cleared by the skinners, at St. John's. The skinners are tremendously deft. With long knives they peel away the fat in two or three slashes, never leaving a shred of fat on the skins or cutting the hides. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. Kirwin 11/76 JH 11/76 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I SEAL SKINNER. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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skinnner n The only really respectable pay made by any workers in the sealing industry is cleared by the skinners, at St. John's. The skinners are tremendously deft. With long knives they peel away the fat in two or three slashes, never leaving a shred of fat on the skins or cutting the hides. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit W. Kirwin 11/76 JH 11/76 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I SEAL SKINNER. |
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Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore |
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S 1924 ENGLAND Vikings 226 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 17015 S_17015_skinnner n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51962 |
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