marshberry

marsh n When describing someone very small and slight and not too strong looking I've often heard old women say "Shur she's _like two bits o' bread an' a marshberry." Whatever the reason, this phrase was always said in a slightly ridiculing tone. It would _not_ be said...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
eskimo*
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53427
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Summary:marsh n When describing someone very small and slight and not too strong looking I've often heard old women say "Shur she's _like two bits o' bread an' a marshberry." Whatever the reason, this phrase was always said in a slightly ridiculing tone. It would _not_ be said to a person but of a person J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used marish, mash, mesh, mish, BOG MEADOW, BARRENS, SAVANNA, ~berry, ~ birch, ~ blackbird, ~ lily, ~ moss, ~ peat, ~ tea, Mash-tea, Labrador-tea, ~ curlew, ESKIMO CURLEW,~ plover

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