barren bitch

barren a We brought that seal up and when we pelted un - we thought he was no good to eat [phonetic transcription], you know - but that was what they call a barren bitch. Now that's a seal [that] never haves any young. Yes [I prefer to transcribe this as [phonetic transcription] rather than [ph...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1964
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/5840
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Summary:barren a We brought that seal up and when we pelted un - we thought he was no good to eat [phonetic transcription], you know - but that was what they call a barren bitch. Now that's a seal [that] never haves any young. Yes [I prefer to transcribe this as [phonetic transcription] rather than [phonetic transcription as I hear only one syllable. Cf. na'rn etc.] Used I Not used Withdrawn [see 'smutty bitch', perhaps - JH]