splitter; splitters

splitter n I cut throats for two splitters, two fast splitters, [when I was] just fourteen years of age. One feller was a sixty barrel splitter an' _ an' th' other man was, well, up round forty. Yes DNE-cit J.D.A.WIDDOWSON JUL 1973 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I spilter, SHORE...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53548
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Summary:splitter n I cut throats for two splitters, two fast splitters, [when I was] just fourteen years of age. One feller was a sixty barrel splitter an' _ an' th' other man was, well, up round forty. Yes DNE-cit J.D.A.WIDDOWSON JUL 1973 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I spilter, SHOREMAN, SPLITTING KNIFE, splitter's mitt. The source is listed as T 175/6-65 in DNE.

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