sunkers
sunker n Lying offshore from the fiord-riven cliffs are clusters of low islands, many of them sea-swept; and seeded among these, like dragon's teeth, lie innumerable underwater reefs and rocks which the coast dwellers call - with chilling simplicity - "sunkers." The number of ships th...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/58862 2023-12-31T10:19:18+01:00 sunkers 1972/10/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58862 eng eng S 1972 MOWAT, A Whale for the Killing 16 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 21337 S_21337_sunker n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58862 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z sunker n Lying offshore from the fiord-riven cliffs are clusters of low islands, many of them sea-swept; and seeded among these, like dragon's teeth, lie innumerable underwater reefs and rocks which the coast dwellers call - with chilling simplicity - "sunkers." The number of ships they have wrecked is legion . . . they remain a thing of terror on black and storm-swept nights, or when the corpse blanket of fog smothers land and sea alike. G. M. Story OCT 1972 OCT 1972 JH PRINTED ITEM Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used sunken rock, SUNKEN ROCK; BREAKER; GROUNDER Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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sunker n Lying offshore from the fiord-riven cliffs are clusters of low islands, many of them sea-swept; and seeded among these, like dragon's teeth, lie innumerable underwater reefs and rocks which the coast dwellers call - with chilling simplicity - "sunkers." The number of ships they have wrecked is legion . . . they remain a thing of terror on black and storm-swept nights, or when the corpse blanket of fog smothers land and sea alike. G. M. Story OCT 1972 OCT 1972 JH PRINTED ITEM Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used sunken rock, SUNKEN ROCK; BREAKER; GROUNDER |
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S 1972 MOWAT, A Whale for the Killing 16 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 21337 S_21337_sunker n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/58862 |
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