Up-sticks

up av, prep If two people who are playing crib are in the same line, i.e. one as good as the other, or if two people have the same number of wins they are said to be up-sticks. While playing cribbage at Pass Island Christmas past I noticed quite a num- ber of people using this saying. DNE-cit Used I...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/67419 2023-12-31T10:19:09+01:00 Up-sticks xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67419 eng eng U Riley Kendall Pass Island English 340, 66/67 Heard from Cyril Touchings, carpenter, aged 38. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13035 U_13035_up av, prep http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67419 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 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z up av, prep If two people who are playing crib are in the same line, i.e. one as good as the other, or if two people have the same number of wins they are said to be up-sticks. While playing cribbage at Pass Island Christmas past I noticed quite a num- ber of people using this saying. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I Used I cited in DNE as "in cribbage, equal in score (P 142-66)." Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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Up-sticks
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description up av, prep If two people who are playing crib are in the same line, i.e. one as good as the other, or if two people have the same number of wins they are said to be up-sticks. While playing cribbage at Pass Island Christmas past I noticed quite a num- ber of people using this saying. DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I Used I cited in DNE as "in cribbage, equal in score (P 142-66)."
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title_full Up-sticks
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Riley Kendall Pass Island English 340, 66/67
Heard from Cyril Touchings, carpenter, aged 38.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13035
U_13035_up av, prep
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