straight as a whip

straight a She was as straight as a whip. [Said in administration of the upright stance of a 93 year old woman at a funeral] DNE Sup prov. comp. G.M.Story WK Used I and Sup Not used 2 Not used straight edge, straight shore, straight shaft

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57544
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/57544 2023-12-31T10:17:59+01:00 straight as a whip 1988/03/26 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57544 eng eng S Mrs Mary Scammell Coll. JW March 26 1988 St. John's (born/raised Change Islands) References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 20660 S_20660_straight a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57544 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 1988 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z straight a She was as straight as a whip. [Said in administration of the upright stance of a 93 year old woman at a funeral] DNE Sup prov. comp. G.M.Story WK Used I and Sup Not used 2 Not used straight edge, straight shore, straight shaft 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
straight as a whip
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description straight a She was as straight as a whip. [Said in administration of the upright stance of a 93 year old woman at a funeral] DNE Sup prov. comp. G.M.Story WK Used I and Sup Not used 2 Not used straight edge, straight shore, straight shaft
format Manuscript
title straight as a whip
title_short straight as a whip
title_full straight as a whip
title_fullStr straight as a whip
title_full_unstemmed straight as a whip
title_sort straight as a whip
publishDate 1988
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/57544
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 S
Mrs Mary Scammell
Coll. JW March 26 1988 St. John's (born/raised Change Islands)
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
20660
S_20660_straight a
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