runnin stick vbl n

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
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running vbl n A stick about two feet long used to handle a trawl when it is being put overboard with the boat moving and the trawl running out of a round container in which it is coiled up. The stick is used to avoid getting ones hands caught in the hooks on the trawl. "I left me runnin' stick in the stage and had a helleva time set the trawl" Yes DNE-cit Used I Not used 2 Used I The Word Form used in the dictionary is "running stick"; the last two lines of the quotation do not appear in the dictionary;