Mooching

moocher When we went to school, if anyone cut out going for a day (played hookey), we used to call it mooching and we called the person who mooched a "moocher". Everyone I knew used this term. Then Jim King and his family moved in here. The other night his sister happened to say that once...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56383
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/56383 2023-12-31T10:19:07+01:00 Mooching image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56383 eng eng M Betty Stratton English 340, 67/68 (Sociology 340) Corner Brook Learned as a child in Corner Brook, about 1953. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14202 M_14202_moocher http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56383 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 moocher When we went to school, if anyone cut out going for a day (played hookey), we used to call it mooching and we called the person who mooched a "moocher". Everyone I knew used this term. Then Jim King and his family moved in here. The other night his sister happened to say that once she used the term and nobody knew what she was talking about - in here they call it "pipping off". DNE-cit Used I Not used used I 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
Mooching
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description moocher When we went to school, if anyone cut out going for a day (played hookey), we used to call it mooching and we called the person who mooched a "moocher". Everyone I knew used this term. Then Jim King and his family moved in here. The other night his sister happened to say that once she used the term and nobody knew what she was talking about - in here they call it "pipping off". DNE-cit Used I Not used used I
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title Mooching
title_short Mooching
title_full Mooching
title_fullStr Mooching
title_full_unstemmed Mooching
title_sort mooching
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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
Betty Stratton English 340, 67/68 (Sociology 340)
Corner Brook Learned as a child in Corner Brook, about 1953.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14202
M_14202_moocher
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56383
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