peddler

pedlar n The "peddler"- not a man with a pack, but a trading schooner, from St.John's, the American mainland or even England- became, in the 18th century, acompetitive nuis- ance to the regular supplying merchant in Newfoundland harbors. They generally obained, by barter with the fish...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/65141 2023-12-31T10:16:46+01:00 peddler xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65141 eng eng P 1963 CREWE Slade Monograph IV [referring to document dated 1828] References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15542 P_15542_pedlar n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65141 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 2023-12-04T11:29:34Z pedlar n The "peddler"- not a man with a pack, but a trading schooner, from St.John's, the American mainland or even England- became, in the 18th century, acompetitive nuis- ance to the regular supplying merchant in Newfoundland harbors. They generally obained, by barter with the fishermen, the very fish that the merchant must needs look to for the payment of dealers' accounts of the grub, salt and supplies advanced them on credit.As late as 1939 I was aboard the only one I ever saw, perhaps the last one to operate in Plancentia Bay. G.M.Story August 1963 PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I Used I 2 Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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peddler
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description pedlar n The "peddler"- not a man with a pack, but a trading schooner, from St.John's, the American mainland or even England- became, in the 18th century, acompetitive nuis- ance to the regular supplying merchant in Newfoundland harbors. They generally obained, by barter with the fishermen, the very fish that the merchant must needs look to for the payment of dealers' accounts of the grub, salt and supplies advanced them on credit.As late as 1939 I was aboard the only one I ever saw, perhaps the last one to operate in Plancentia Bay. G.M.Story August 1963 PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I Used I 2 Used I
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title peddler
title_short peddler
title_full peddler
title_fullStr peddler
title_full_unstemmed peddler
title_sort peddler
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genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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1963 CREWE Slade Monograph IV
[referring to document dated 1828]
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15542
P_15542_pedlar n
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