yaffle at hand

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/67744

yaffle n . the men down in the hold 'd be yafflin' up the fish, yafflin' up, an' _ an' they'd yaffle so much an' _ and throw up . to get enough for the weight to make the draught on the bar, an' then there'd be, "Yaffle at hand. Yaffle at hand" then, you know - you have yaffle on . have it all _ all on hand then for the next one. Yaffle at hand. (a call given by men yaffling fish when a yaffle is gathered together) Yes J.D.A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1973 DNE-cit DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I jaffle, jagful, jagger, yaffel, yaffle at hand, ~up, yaffling