scoff

scoff n Scoff: A party held by young couples with as much secrecy as possible. Usually held late at night. The idea is to have the party with as little expense as possible. The meat was usually rabbit, and the cabbage and potatoes were usually stolen from a neighbours [sic] garden. Home brew was the...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58539
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/58539 2023-12-31T10:19:19+01:00 scoff 1971/04/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58539 eng eng S Catherine O'Brien 67-14/105 Salvage References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13802 S_13802_scoff n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58539 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 1971 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z scoff n Scoff: A party held by young couples with as much secrecy as possible. Usually held late at night. The idea is to have the party with as little expense as possible. The meat was usually rabbit, and the cabbage and potatoes were usually stolen from a neighbours [sic] garden. Home brew was the drink. The party was generally a lively one. The neighbours next day would be anxious to find out "who had the scoff last night" JH APR 1971 DNE-cit used I and Sup used I and Sup Not used scaff DNE-cit, not used. 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
scoff
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description scoff n Scoff: A party held by young couples with as much secrecy as possible. Usually held late at night. The idea is to have the party with as little expense as possible. The meat was usually rabbit, and the cabbage and potatoes were usually stolen from a neighbours [sic] garden. Home brew was the drink. The party was generally a lively one. The neighbours next day would be anxious to find out "who had the scoff last night" JH APR 1971 DNE-cit used I and Sup used I and Sup Not used scaff DNE-cit, not used.
format Manuscript
title scoff
title_short scoff
title_full scoff
title_fullStr scoff
title_full_unstemmed scoff
title_sort scoff
publishDate 1971
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58539
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
Catherine O'Brien 67-14/105
Salvage
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13802
S_13802_scoff n
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