water-haul

water n Taxi-man, to me the other morning. "Stormy and all as it was last night, I had a water-haul." - meaning a false call phoned in to the stand - when he got there he was told on one had called him. JH 18/74 JH 12/74 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Not used on the water; salt water; fr...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
water bear
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74032
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/74032 2023-12-31T10:19:16+01:00 water-haul 1974/12/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74032 eng eng W St John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 14353 W_14353_water n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74032 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 1974 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z water n Taxi-man, to me the other morning. "Stormy and all as it was last night, I had a water-haul." - meaning a false call phoned in to the stand - when he got there he was told on one had called him. JH 18/74 JH 12/74 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Not used on the water; salt water; fresh-water; water bear; water doctor; water dog; water fur; water gully; water haul; water hopper; water-horse; water-jug; water lily; water man; water nipper; water pigeon; water pup;water whelp; water set; waterside Manuscript Newfoundland water bear 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
water-haul
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description water n Taxi-man, to me the other morning. "Stormy and all as it was last night, I had a water-haul." - meaning a false call phoned in to the stand - when he got there he was told on one had called him. JH 18/74 JH 12/74 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 3 Not used on the water; salt water; fresh-water; water bear; water doctor; water dog; water fur; water gully; water haul; water hopper; water-horse; water-jug; water lily; water man; water nipper; water pigeon; water pup;water whelp; water set; waterside
format Manuscript
title water-haul
title_short water-haul
title_full water-haul
title_fullStr water-haul
title_full_unstemmed water-haul
title_sort water-haul
publishDate 1974
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74032
genre Newfoundland
water bear
genre_facet Newfoundland
water bear
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation W
St John's
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
14353
W_14353_water n
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