labrador n (box

labrador n Blanket boxes with attached handles to make them portable were referred to by different names depending upon where they were used. For example, the boxes that the fishermen took with them when they fished for cod in summer off the coast of Labrador were called Labrador boxes. PRINTED ITEM...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1987
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/56419
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Summary:labrador n Blanket boxes with attached handles to make them portable were referred to by different names depending upon where they were used. For example, the boxes that the fishermen took with them when they fished for cod in summer off the coast of Labrador were called Labrador boxes. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup [Consider an entry for DNE Sup] G. M. Story OCT. 15 1987 [check] WK Used I and Sup Used Sup 3 Used Sup laborador,labradore,larbadore,coast of~,(down) on (the)~,Canadian-Labrador,~ curlew/coast/deer-mouse/duck/flying squirrel/herring/horned owl/jay/jumping mouse/martin/muskrat/polar bear/porqupine/red fox/sable/savannah sparrow/seal/shrew Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 03 Jul 2015; northern fishery, floater 2, herring, indian, Montagnais,Naskapi, livyer, labradorman, planter, room, floater, station, stationer, larberdore, merchantable, Newfoundland dialect