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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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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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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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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 |
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