pilot cloth
pilot cloth From a figure clothed in heavy pilot cloth, when ashore and unemployed; in canvass trousers, reeky and oily, and guernsey shirt with fur cap or sou'-wester when at sea; behold a brown, weather-beaten face, smooth, except for the thick muff of hair that grows up from and around the t...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1980
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66010 |
| Summary: | pilot cloth From a figure clothed in heavy pilot cloth, when ashore and unemployed; in canvass trousers, reeky and oily, and guernsey shirt with fur cap or sou'-wester when at sea; behold a brown, weather-beaten face, smooth, except for the thick muff of hair that grows up from and around the throat, and peaks out from the chin, and you have the Newfoundland fisherman as he is, a healthy, hardy, patient, and somewhat stubborn sea-dog. W Kirwin 1/80 JH 1/80 PRINTED ITEM Not used Not used |
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