_penguin_ n also _pinwing_; penguin n - 1(a)

penguin n For a summary discussion of the obscure origin, see the _OED_ note and W.B. Lockwood, _Zeits f�r Ang und Amer_ 17 (1969), 262-4. A large, flightless bird once living in large numbers on Funk Island, extinct since the nineteenth century; [_Pinguinus impennis_]; attrib in coastal names; GREA...

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Great auk
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/63805 2023-12-31T10:07:12+01:00 _penguin_ n also _pinwing_; penguin n - 1(a) xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/63805 eng eng P _OED_~1 (Nfld: 1578-); _DAE_ (1674-); _DC_ (Nfld: 1578-). [1536] 1600 HAKLUYT iii,130 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16154 P_16154_penguin n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/63805 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:21Z penguin n For a summary discussion of the obscure origin, see the _OED_ note and W.B. Lockwood, _Zeits f�r Ang und Amer_ 17 (1969), 262-4. A large, flightless bird once living in large numbers on Funk Island, extinct since the nineteenth century; [_Pinguinus impennis_]; attrib in coastal names; GREAT AUK. [1536] 1600 HAKLUYT iii,130 They came to part of the West Indies about Cape Briton, shaping their course thence Northeastwardes, vntill they came to the Island of Penguin, which is very full of rockes and stones, whereon they went and found it full of great [reverse] foules white and gray, as big as geese, and they saw infinite numbers of their egges. They drave a great number of the foules into their boats vpon their sayles. WK GMS 4/80 4/80 Used I and Sup Used I Used I pinwing Card was found in withdrawn drawer, refiled, reverse of card at P_16155 Manuscript Great auk Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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_penguin_ n also _pinwing_; penguin n - 1(a)
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description penguin n For a summary discussion of the obscure origin, see the _OED_ note and W.B. Lockwood, _Zeits f�r Ang und Amer_ 17 (1969), 262-4. A large, flightless bird once living in large numbers on Funk Island, extinct since the nineteenth century; [_Pinguinus impennis_]; attrib in coastal names; GREAT AUK. [1536] 1600 HAKLUYT iii,130 They came to part of the West Indies about Cape Briton, shaping their course thence Northeastwardes, vntill they came to the Island of Penguin, which is very full of rockes and stones, whereon they went and found it full of great [reverse] foules white and gray, as big as geese, and they saw infinite numbers of their egges. They drave a great number of the foules into their boats vpon their sayles. WK GMS 4/80 4/80 Used I and Sup Used I Used I pinwing Card was found in withdrawn drawer, refiled, reverse of card at P_16155
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title _penguin_ n also _pinwing_; penguin n - 1(a)
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title_sort _penguin_ n also _pinwing_; penguin n - 1(a)
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Newfoundland
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Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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_OED_~1 (Nfld: 1578-);
_DAE_ (1674-); _DC_ (Nfld: 1578-). [1536] 1600 HAKLUYT iii,130
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
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