_twacking_

twack v used 50 or 60 years ago to mean window shopping'. Of people who examined goods or asked prices, obviously without intending to buy, the clerk would say, "They're twacking." This particular information comes from a person who worked as a saleslady at Tucker's, Carbone...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73517
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/73517 2023-12-31T10:18:34+01:00 _twacking_ 1972/03/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73517 eng eng T Eric F. Richards, 71-117/29 Carbonear References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15896 T_15896_twack v http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73517 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z twack v used 50 or 60 years ago to mean window shopping'. Of people who examined goods or asked prices, obviously without intending to buy, the clerk would say, "They're twacking." This particular information comes from a person who worked as a saleslady at Tucker's, Carbonear, in pre World War I days. Yes DNE-cit JH 3/72 Used I Used I Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
_twacking_
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description twack v used 50 or 60 years ago to mean window shopping'. Of people who examined goods or asked prices, obviously without intending to buy, the clerk would say, "They're twacking." This particular information comes from a person who worked as a saleslady at Tucker's, Carbonear, in pre World War I days. Yes DNE-cit JH 3/72 Used I Used I Used I
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title _twacking_
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title_fullStr _twacking_
title_full_unstemmed _twacking_
title_sort _twacking_
publishDate 1972
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73517
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genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation T
Eric F. Richards, 71-117/29
Carbonear
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15896
T_15896_twack v
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