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rub v Colloquial Expression: " I'll _rub your buttons_". This was an expression used among boys ages 12 - 16 yrs. It is used as a "_dare_" meaning that the persons is scared to engage with you in physical combat . It was considered a challenge to the person whose buttons wer...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/69562 2023-12-31T10:17:37+01:00 _rub_ image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69562 eng eng R 39 71 - 113 Robert Parsons 30 Ang. Shearstown Childhood July 13th, 1971 Memories from my own childhood References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16174 R_16174_rub v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/69562 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 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z rub v Colloquial Expression: " I'll _rub your buttons_". This was an expression used among boys ages 12 - 16 yrs. It is used as a "_dare_" meaning that the persons is scared to engage with you in physical combat . It was considered a challenge to the person whose buttons were rubbed by the hand of the challenge ;much in the same way as in the age of chivalry to slap a person " across the face" with a glove was the act of issuing a challenge [reverse] Should the person whose buttons you rubbed refuse to fight then he was branded a coward or "fraidy cat" by his peers. Yes _A1_. JW See Card A2 for the completion of this comment . DICT CEN. [over] Not used Not used Withdrawn Reverse of card at R_16175 NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description rub v Colloquial Expression: " I'll _rub your buttons_". This was an expression used among boys ages 12 - 16 yrs. It is used as a "_dare_" meaning that the persons is scared to engage with you in physical combat . It was considered a challenge to the person whose buttons were rubbed by the hand of the challenge ;much in the same way as in the age of chivalry to slap a person " across the face" with a glove was the act of issuing a challenge [reverse] Should the person whose buttons you rubbed refuse to fight then he was branded a coward or "fraidy cat" by his peers. Yes _A1_. JW See Card A2 for the completion of this comment . DICT CEN. [over] Not used Not used Withdrawn Reverse of card at R_16175 NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY
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39 71 - 113
Robert Parsons 30 Ang. Shearstown Childhood July 13th, 1971 Memories from my own childhood
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16174
R_16174_rub v
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