market shooter

market n Right away the howl will be raised about the poor man--the "market shooter" who will be prevented from earning the price of a barrel of flour for his wife and hungry children. I have made careful enquiries about "market shooters" and find that there are about 40 of them...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/54547
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/54547 2023-12-31T10:19:26+01:00 market shooter image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/54547 eng eng M about Oct 9, 194_ Evening Telegram clipping, G. Higgins References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15123 M_15123_market n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/54547 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z market n Right away the howl will be raised about the poor man--the "market shooter" who will be prevented from earning the price of a barrel of flour for his wife and hungry children. I have made careful enquiries about "market shooters" and find that there are about 40 of them all over the island "following the gun" and they clear by shooting roughly $30.00 per season or $1200.00 in all. In addition to this I would suggest that the "market shooters' " guns be handed over say the last of April after the winter bird shooting is over and before the spring muskrat season begins. PRINTED ITEM PRINTED ITEM W.J. KIRWIN Mar 4 1965 Used Sup Not used 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
market shooter
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description market n Right away the howl will be raised about the poor man--the "market shooter" who will be prevented from earning the price of a barrel of flour for his wife and hungry children. I have made careful enquiries about "market shooters" and find that there are about 40 of them all over the island "following the gun" and they clear by shooting roughly $30.00 per season or $1200.00 in all. In addition to this I would suggest that the "market shooters' " guns be handed over say the last of April after the winter bird shooting is over and before the spring muskrat season begins. PRINTED ITEM PRINTED ITEM W.J. KIRWIN Mar 4 1965 Used Sup Not used Not used
format Manuscript
title market shooter
title_short market shooter
title_full market shooter
title_fullStr market shooter
title_full_unstemmed market shooter
title_sort market shooter
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/54547
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 M
about Oct 9, 194_ Evening Telegram
clipping, G. Higgins
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15123
M_15123_market n
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