yaffle

yaffle v An armful, especially of dried fish. Also, to take up such an armful. " We're going to _yaffle_ them boughs, now." Yaffling used to be a large part of the work of loading a vessel's cargo of fish in bulk. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1956 Used I and Sup Used I and...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1956
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68239
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Summary:yaffle v An armful, especially of dried fish. Also, to take up such an armful. " We're going to _yaffle_ them boughs, now." Yaffling used to be a large part of the work of loading a vessel's cargo of fish in bulk. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1956 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used jaffle,jaffles, jafful, ~up, yaffling, yaffle and throw, yaffled

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