philandy v,n

philandy v, n flander 'philander', to lounge about wihtout any fixed purpose; nonsense. An ex. of our standardization: fancy form delected , rather than the phonetic one. DNE Sup G.M.Story JAN. 14 1988 WK [May be worth considering for headnote: DNE cites Nfld variations flangey, phlandy, w...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65278
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Summary:philandy v, n flander 'philander', to lounge about wihtout any fixed purpose; nonsense. An ex. of our standardization: fancy form delected , rather than the phonetic one. DNE Sup G.M.Story JAN. 14 1988 WK [May be worth considering for headnote: DNE cites Nfld variations flangey, phlandy, with EDD and Kilkenny parallels] Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I flangey*, phlandy* Special charatcer in the head word philandy* v, n

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