skin boot; skin boots

skin n They'd pay in skin boots,you see,the Eskimos. Oh yes, they'd pay you in skin boots; an' then _ we'd bring the boots home and sell 'em here,you see. No trouble to sell all the skin boots you mind to bring home then. See, hardly ever sees a pair now. [I would]n't b...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
eskimo*
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53390
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Summary:skin n They'd pay in skin boots,you see,the Eskimos. Oh yes, they'd pay you in skin boots; an' then _ we'd bring the boots home and sell 'em here,you see. No trouble to sell all the skin boots you mind to bring home then. See, hardly ever sees a pair now. [I would]n't be dressed till I was fifty year old without a pair o' skin boots on in winter. Yes DNE-cit J.D.A.WIDDOWSON JUL 1973 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I SEALSKIN, skin bag, SEAL BOTTLE, skin boot, SKINNY-WOPPER, skin of fur, FUR n. The source is listed as T 178/9-65 in DNE and only part of the citation on card is in DNE.

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