_l_eary*lairy *lairy-back

leary a [PT] Long Tom the (Waggoner) put Dicky in his bag, see? An' carried un.so that they can prove.that this other man is gettin' round with his wife, see. . So now this is the words he say when he was lairy-back. Yes An interesting problem. * = my suggested spellings. Maybe it should b...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/56301 2023-12-31T10:19:21+01:00 _l_eary*lairy *lairy-back xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56301 eng eng L Henry Hutchings T C975 71-50 Coll. HH and F/tale trans. L_ittle Dicky Melburn_ p.2 Cow Head References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15032 L_15032_leary a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56301 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 2023-12-04T11:29:24Z leary a [PT] Long Tom the (Waggoner) put Dicky in his bag, see? An' carried un.so that they can prove.that this other man is gettin' round with his wife, see. . So now this is the words he say when he was lairy-back. Yes An interesting problem. * = my suggested spellings. Maybe it should be two words: _lairy back_. The meaning seems to be "empty/unladen back" (Long Tom having put down the sack in which he was carrying Dicky on his back). Cp.EDD LEAR = empty/unladen etc. Used I Used I Not used leery Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 16 Jul 2015 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description leary a [PT] Long Tom the (Waggoner) put Dicky in his bag, see? An' carried un.so that they can prove.that this other man is gettin' round with his wife, see. . So now this is the words he say when he was lairy-back. Yes An interesting problem. * = my suggested spellings. Maybe it should be two words: _lairy back_. The meaning seems to be "empty/unladen back" (Long Tom having put down the sack in which he was carrying Dicky on his back). Cp.EDD LEAR = empty/unladen etc. Used I Used I Not used leery Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Thu 16 Jul 2015
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Henry Hutchings T C975 71-50
Coll. HH and F/tale trans. L_ittle Dicky Melburn_ p.2 Cow Head
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15032
L_15032_leary a
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