roke

roke n Heat - evidently a corruption of "reek." "I'm all of a _roke_ of sweat." "The stove is giving out a great _roke_." DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story July 1956 Used I Used I Used I only the second line of the quotation appears in the dictionary.

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/68980
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Summary:roke n Heat - evidently a corruption of "reek." "I'm all of a _roke_ of sweat." "The stove is giving out a great _roke_." DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story July 1956 Used I Used I Used I only the second line of the quotation appears in the dictionary.

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