bun a' loaf
bun n _cletchins_ Joints behind the knees. Used especially in the expression wet in clitchins", when someone got wet to their knee joints either by rain or snow. yaped - yawned _bun a' loaf_ - Bun of bread . Bread was home-baked and each loaf was divided into several buns. When a person we...
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| Language: | English |
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1966
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7129 |
| Summary: | bun n _cletchins_ Joints behind the knees. Used especially in the expression wet in clitchins", when someone got wet to their knee joints either by rain or snow. yaped - yawned _bun a' loaf_ - Bun of bread . Bread was home-baked and each loaf was divided into several buns. When a person went to borrow bread he always asked for a "bun o' loaf." See cited quotation. DICT CEN. DNE-cit Work Set also typed 1966 Used I Not used 1 Used I Source appears in DNE I as C 66-12. Word form appears as 'bun o' loaf'. See also B_9846. |
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