natch,notch
notch n He'd always say he was goin' to put 'em in his jam block*,see. Oh,that's a stick o' wood with a natch sawed out into un,see. When the ol' people used to use sticks; they saw out a square notch - saw down so far in the log like that,an' split it out,an'...
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| Summary: | notch n He'd always say he was goin' to put 'em in his jam block*,see. Oh,that's a stick o' wood with a natch sawed out into un,see. When the ol' people used to use sticks; they saw out a square notch - saw down so far in the log like that,an' split it out,an' jam that in,see,wedge it in. Yes DNE-cit (* = my spelling) (again a case of the swinging phoneme! First example here has front vowel; second one has back vowel - in same context) J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1973 Used I Used I 2 Used I |
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