billy-knocker

billy I remember I was afraid o' the policeman's billy-knocker. . Billy-knocker - you know the long _ the long stick that the policemen carry. I have no idea why I was frightened of it, but I was.I wa scared to death of his billy-knocker. (truncheon; side-stick) Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOW...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5640
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/5640 2023-12-31T10:18:57+01:00 billy-knocker 1974/08/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5640 eng eng B Eileen Buckle T C367 67-31 Tan R668 Coll.JW May 3 1967 St.John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 3853 B_3853_billy http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5640 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 1974 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z billy I remember I was afraid o' the policeman's billy-knocker. . Billy-knocker - you know the long _ the long stick that the policemen carry. I have no idea why I was frightened of it, but I was.I wa scared to death of his billy-knocker. (truncheon; side-stick) Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I Source appears in DNE as T 367-67 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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billy-knocker
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description billy I remember I was afraid o' the policeman's billy-knocker. . Billy-knocker - you know the long _ the long stick that the policemen carry. I have no idea why I was frightened of it, but I was.I wa scared to death of his billy-knocker. (truncheon; side-stick) Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I Source appears in DNE as T 367-67
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title billy-knocker
title_short billy-knocker
title_full billy-knocker
title_fullStr billy-knocker
title_full_unstemmed billy-knocker
title_sort billy-knocker
publishDate 1974
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5640
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 B
Eileen Buckle T C367 67-31 Tan R668 Coll.JW
May 3 1967 St.John's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
3853
B_3853_billy
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