skinners

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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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51962
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spelling 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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skinners
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description 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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title skinners
title_short skinners
title_full skinners
title_fullStr skinners
title_full_unstemmed skinners
title_sort skinners
publishDate 1976
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51962
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 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
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