stinker

stinker n a match "Got a stinker, Boy." (out of context) refers - possibly- to the smell of the old brimstone matches or the fact that they don't light well so they are nicknamed stinkers or something worse (or better). JH 3/72 Used I Used I Not used

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/52932
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/52932 2023-12-31T10:17:55+01:00 stinker 1972/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/52932 eng eng S Al Haskvitz, 71-98/131 Grand Falls References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 20368 S_20368_stinker n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/52932 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:41Z stinker n a match "Got a stinker, Boy." (out of context) refers - possibly- to the smell of the old brimstone matches or the fact that they don't light well so they are nicknamed stinkers or something worse (or better). JH 3/72 Used I Used I Not used 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
stinker
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description stinker n a match "Got a stinker, Boy." (out of context) refers - possibly- to the smell of the old brimstone matches or the fact that they don't light well so they are nicknamed stinkers or something worse (or better). JH 3/72 Used I Used I Not used
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title stinker
title_short stinker
title_full stinker
title_fullStr stinker
title_full_unstemmed stinker
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genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation S
Al Haskvitz, 71-98/131
Grand Falls
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
20368
S_20368_stinker n
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