Placentia Paymaster

placentia paymaster Only slightly less funny than nicknaming the main boom on a banking schooner the "Placentia Paymaster." This arose from the hilarious custom of some captains from that town who arranged for the boom to swing around while homeward bound knocking a crewman or two over the...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65294
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/65294 2023-12-31T10:19:21+01:00 Placentia Paymaster 1976/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65294 eng eng P 1976 Evening Telegram 10 Jan, p.3 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16594 P_16594_placentia paymaster http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65294 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 1976 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z placentia paymaster Only slightly less funny than nicknaming the main boom on a banking schooner the "Placentia Paymaster." This arose from the hilarious custom of some captains from that town who arranged for the boom to swing around while homeward bound knocking a crewman or two over the side so that their share of the voyage might be diverted to other sources. [at _second hand_, I have a report of the use of this term on a recent CBC television programme, an independent witness to Ray Guy's cites] [Les Harris, our resident expect on P.B. terms, does not know it.] PRINTED ITEM GMS Jan 76 Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Placentia Paymaster
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description placentia paymaster Only slightly less funny than nicknaming the main boom on a banking schooner the "Placentia Paymaster." This arose from the hilarious custom of some captains from that town who arranged for the boom to swing around while homeward bound knocking a crewman or two over the side so that their share of the voyage might be diverted to other sources. [at _second hand_, I have a report of the use of this term on a recent CBC television programme, an independent witness to Ray Guy's cites] [Les Harris, our resident expect on P.B. terms, does not know it.] PRINTED ITEM GMS Jan 76 Not used Not used Withdrawn
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title Placentia Paymaster
title_short Placentia Paymaster
title_full Placentia Paymaster
title_fullStr Placentia Paymaster
title_full_unstemmed Placentia Paymaster
title_sort placentia paymaster
publishDate 1976
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/65294
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation P
1976 Evening Telegram 10 Jan, p.3
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16594
P_16594_placentia paymaster
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