Rack and ruin

rack and ruin To go to rack and ruin = to fall into total decay or state of collapse. "Rack" - a variant on "wreck" (English) also Scandinavian for same concept ( My mother used that expression a thousand times in attempts to get me to work around our place when I was growing up...

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Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/69221 2023-12-31T10:18:51+01:00 Rack and ruin image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69221 eng eng R (See Oxford Dictionary vol. VIII) April 4/80 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13179 R_13179_rack and ruin http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69221 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 2023-12-04T11:29:24Z rack and ruin To go to rack and ruin = to fall into total decay or state of collapse. "Rack" - a variant on "wreck" (English) also Scandinavian for same concept ( My mother used that expression a thousand times in attempts to get me to work around our place when I was growing up . Just shows how lazy I must have been. Don B.) Not used Not used Not used Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Rack and ruin
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description rack and ruin To go to rack and ruin = to fall into total decay or state of collapse. "Rack" - a variant on "wreck" (English) also Scandinavian for same concept ( My mother used that expression a thousand times in attempts to get me to work around our place when I was growing up . Just shows how lazy I must have been. Don B.) Not used Not used Not used
format Manuscript
title Rack and ruin
title_short Rack and ruin
title_full Rack and ruin
title_fullStr Rack and ruin
title_full_unstemmed Rack and ruin
title_sort rack and ruin
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69221
genre Newfoundland
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op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation R
(See Oxford Dictionary vol. VIII)
April 4/80
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13179
R_13179_rack and ruin
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