boot protectors

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/6108

boot protector n Boots protectors, on teh boys, yes, but the girls _ an' then, (of course), you'd have a pair for Sundays, you know, but they wouldn't have any boot protectors on they; but they was copper nosed, you see - there was a strip o' copper put in there, let in there somehow in the tap. An' after you had 'em beat about he was so shiny, see. Boot protectors an' _ an' copper nosed boots for Sundays. (metal strips fastened to boots to protect them from wear) metal strips fastened to boots to protect them Yes J.D.A. WIDDOWSON JUL 1973 Not used Not used Withdrawn Withdrawn but no stamp