quiff hat

quiff n The term quiff hat was, and probably still is, used in St. John's to describe a man's felt hat. When ordering one in a store one would ask for a 'quiff'. Quiff was often used alone in speaking of a hat. I have heard people now in their eighties use this term. cited DNE-ci...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66820
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/66820 2023-12-31T10:19:07+01:00 quiff hat 1966/02/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66820 eng eng Q Gilbert Higgins Febuary 1966 St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 12998 Q_12998_quiff http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66820 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 2023-12-04T11:29:24Z quiff n The term quiff hat was, and probably still is, used in St. John's to describe a man's felt hat. When ordering one in a store one would ask for a 'quiff'. Quiff was often used alone in speaking of a hat. I have heard people now in their eighties use this term. cited DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used 'kwif', 'queff hat' Although card is marked Dne-cit there citation is not found in the dictionary. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
quiff hat
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description quiff n The term quiff hat was, and probably still is, used in St. John's to describe a man's felt hat. When ordering one in a store one would ask for a 'quiff'. Quiff was often used alone in speaking of a hat. I have heard people now in their eighties use this term. cited DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used 'kwif', 'queff hat' Although card is marked Dne-cit there citation is not found in the dictionary.
format Manuscript
title quiff hat
title_short quiff hat
title_full quiff hat
title_fullStr quiff hat
title_full_unstemmed quiff hat
title_sort quiff hat
publishDate 1966
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66820
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 Q
Gilbert Higgins Febuary 1966
St. John's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
12998
Q_12998_quiff
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/66820
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