summer n: ~ servant

• 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/58704

summer n It was during [the French and English war of 1778] that for the first time there were more Newfoundland servants than English summer servants engaged in the fishery. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G. M. Story JUN. 4 1988 [Add to DNE summer n 5, as parallel to _winter servant_. Collect 18th c. quots] Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 5 Used Sup summer,sommer,FALL n,SPRING[S]2[S],~FISHERY,~HERRING,WINTER,SEASON,FISHING~,summer house,~place,~shack,~station,~tilt,~agent,~cod-fish,~fish,fishery,~herring,~house,~inhabitant,~mole,~people,~road,~time,~voyage,SERVANTn1,FLOATER,STATIONER,VOYAGE1n