Whabby

whabby n In one of the lakelets in a flat barren was a pair of red-throated loons. The old birds were dressed alike, and wore a handsome livery, pure white below, relieved only by a broad strip of terra-cotta red on the throat. The upper parts are slate blue; the back of the neck is slashed with wav...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72757
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/72757 2023-12-31T10:19:20+01:00 Whabby 1970/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72757 eng eng W 1918 TOWNSEND In Audubon's Labrador 123-124 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15367 W_15367_whabby n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/72757 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 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:27Z whabby n In one of the lakelets in a flat barren was a pair of red-throated loons. The old birds were dressed alike, and wore a handsome livery, pure white below, relieved only by a broad strip of terra-cotta red on the throat. The upper parts are slate blue; the back of the neck is slashed with wavy lines of white. _Whabby_ is their name among the English-speaking people of the coast. It was used by Cartwright in the eighteenth century. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I whabby, wabby, wamby, waubbe, whobby Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Whabby
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description whabby n In one of the lakelets in a flat barren was a pair of red-throated loons. The old birds were dressed alike, and wore a handsome livery, pure white below, relieved only by a broad strip of terra-cotta red on the throat. The upper parts are slate blue; the back of the neck is slashed with wavy lines of white. _Whabby_ is their name among the English-speaking people of the coast. It was used by Cartwright in the eighteenth century. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I whabby, wabby, wamby, waubbe, whobby
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title Whabby
title_short Whabby
title_full Whabby
title_fullStr Whabby
title_full_unstemmed Whabby
title_sort whabby
publishDate 1970
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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 W
1918 TOWNSEND In Audubon's Labrador 123-124
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15367
W_15367_whabby n
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