wharf stick; wharf sticks

wharf stick An' the same way you lay it on _ you lay it on a wharf stick, see, if you was goin' to plank out a wharf. You lay birch rine over_ over your stick,see, would preserve it from_ from the water seepin' into it an' makin' it rotten quiker than what 'twould . if...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74622
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Summary:wharf stick An' the same way you lay it on _ you lay it on a wharf stick, see, if you was goin' to plank out a wharf. You lay birch rine over_ over your stick,see, would preserve it from_ from the water seepin' into it an' makin' it rotten quiker than what 'twould . if there was nothing there. (post or timber used in making wharf) Yes J.D.A. WIDDOWSON JUL 1973 DNE-cit Not used Stamps indicate cited quotation appears in DNE when it does not.