plain (adj)

plain .a woman told me that she was sorry that I was leaving because I was such a plain girl. That was the first time I had heard it used in _ in that way, and I didn't realise for a moment that she was really complimenting me, because she _ she meant that I wasn't high hat. Yes J.D.A.WIDD...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1966
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/63999 2023-12-31T10:18:47+01:00 plain (adj) 1966/01/23 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/63999 eng eng P Miss Jessie B. Mifflen T C222 66-17 TanR722 Coll. HH and Mrs J.T.Stoker Jan 23 1966 St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16600 P_16600_plain http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/63999 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 1966 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:31Z plain .a woman told me that she was sorry that I was leaving because I was such a plain girl. That was the first time I had heard it used in _ in that way, and I didn't realise for a moment that she was really complimenting me, because she _ she meant that I wasn't high hat. Yes J.D.A.WIDDOWSON AUG 1973 Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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plain (adj)
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description plain .a woman told me that she was sorry that I was leaving because I was such a plain girl. That was the first time I had heard it used in _ in that way, and I didn't realise for a moment that she was really complimenting me, because she _ she meant that I wasn't high hat. Yes J.D.A.WIDDOWSON AUG 1973 Not used Not used Withdrawn
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publishDate 1966
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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Miss Jessie B. Mifflen T C222 66-17 TanR722
Coll. HH and Mrs J.T.Stoker Jan 23 1966 St. John's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16600
P_16600_plain
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