scoop (n)

scoop n But you'd have that for a case of a tide,you know; you'd have what we call scoop - slack, see; you'd pick up your bobber quicker. (length of slack rope kept in reserve when hauling handlines so that the float could be picked up more quickly) Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON APR...

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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/57714
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Summary:scoop n But you'd have that for a case of a tide,you know; you'd have what we call scoop - slack, see; you'd pick up your bobber quicker. (length of slack rope kept in reserve when hauling handlines so that the float could be picked up more quickly) Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON APR 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I ~ net Source listed in DNE as T 393/5-67.

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