_"Scrawb"_

scrob v to scratch someone. "I'll scrawb your eyes out." Seems to be a Newfoundland word, at least heard in St. John's. I heard this at Greenwood Cres., near Mount Pearl, and in Old Topsail Road, St. John's West. I've hear this from small children; my father, Cyril, and...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1966
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58687
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/58687 2023-12-31T10:13:02+01:00 _"Scrawb"_ 1966/12/01 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58687 eng eng S 67-20/105 PAUL VAVASOUR ENGLISH 340 22 St. John's Cyril VAVASOUR (father) & brother Andrew 53,19 St. John's during living in St. John's & near Mount Pearl 1950's & 60's 1950's & 60's - St. John's Nov.28, 1966 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14051 S_14051_scrob v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58687 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 1966 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z scrob v to scratch someone. "I'll scrawb your eyes out." Seems to be a Newfoundland word, at least heard in St. John's. I heard this at Greenwood Cres., near Mount Pearl, and in Old Topsail Road, St. John's West. I've hear this from small children; my father, Cyril, and my brother, Andrew have both heard this word many times. This is from my memory. DICT CEN. DNE-cit DEC 1 1966 Used I Used I Not used scraub, scrawb NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Card marked DNE-cit, but not used. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
_"Scrawb"_
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description scrob v to scratch someone. "I'll scrawb your eyes out." Seems to be a Newfoundland word, at least heard in St. John's. I heard this at Greenwood Cres., near Mount Pearl, and in Old Topsail Road, St. John's West. I've hear this from small children; my father, Cyril, and my brother, Andrew have both heard this word many times. This is from my memory. DICT CEN. DNE-cit DEC 1 1966 Used I Used I Not used scraub, scrawb NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Card marked DNE-cit, but not used.
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title _"Scrawb"_
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title_full_unstemmed _"Scrawb"_
title_sort _"scrawb"_
publishDate 1966
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Original held in the Department of Folklore.
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67-20/105
PAUL VAVASOUR ENGLISH 340 22 St. John's Cyril VAVASOUR (father) & brother Andrew 53,19 St. John's during living in St. John's & near Mount Pearl 1950's & 60's 1950's & 60's - St. John's Nov.28, 1966
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14051
S_14051_scrob v
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