rabbit-wire

rabbit n On the verandah were four out-of-door patients to whom fresh air was essential. One had a tubercular spine. . . Around these fresh-air cases the verandah was netted with rabbit-wire. That was to keep the dogs from breaking in and possibly eating the patients, who were in mortal terror of th...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71681
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/71681 2023-12-31T10:19:24+01:00 rabbit-wire image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71681 eng eng R 1920 WALDO With GRENFELL 21 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 12921 R_12921_rabbit n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71681 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 2023-12-04T11:29:30Z rabbit n On the verandah were four out-of-door patients to whom fresh air was essential. One had a tubercular spine. . . Around these fresh-air cases the verandah was netted with rabbit-wire. That was to keep the dogs from breaking in and possibly eating the patients, who were in mortal terror of the dogs. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit APR 1975 G.M. Story JH APR 1975 Used I and Sup Used I Used I There is a square bracket drawn on the left side of the quote (lines 3-5); only a small portion of the quote is used in the dictionary ("Around" (line 3) to "rabbit-wire" (line 5)); there are marks drawn at the start and end of the used portion. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
rabbit-wire
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description rabbit n On the verandah were four out-of-door patients to whom fresh air was essential. One had a tubercular spine. . . Around these fresh-air cases the verandah was netted with rabbit-wire. That was to keep the dogs from breaking in and possibly eating the patients, who were in mortal terror of the dogs. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit APR 1975 G.M. Story JH APR 1975 Used I and Sup Used I Used I There is a square bracket drawn on the left side of the quote (lines 3-5); only a small portion of the quote is used in the dictionary ("Around" (line 3) to "rabbit-wire" (line 5)); there are marks drawn at the start and end of the used portion.
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title rabbit-wire
title_short rabbit-wire
title_full rabbit-wire
title_fullStr rabbit-wire
title_full_unstemmed rabbit-wire
title_sort rabbit-wire
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/71681
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation R
1920 WALDO With GRENFELL 21
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
12921
R_12921_rabbit n
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