whangers

whanger n Where half-starv'd pigs and puppies run In quest of fish; and when it's on the fork, Ye _whangers_!* judge how savory is the pork!' . . . [A newly married man]-> Bows to a yoke his better sense despises Sinks into _nothing_, and a whanger rises. *Slang of the colony for f...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1980
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74654
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Summary:whanger n Where half-starv'd pigs and puppies run In quest of fish; and when it's on the fork, Ye _whangers_!* judge how savory is the pork!' . . . [A newly married man]-> Bows to a yoke his better sense despises Sinks into _nothing_, and a whanger rises. *Slang of the colony for fish-curers. [1819] 163-4 Have mercy, LITERATI! On this _our_ community, Else '_Whangers_' will have at ye, . . . PRINTED ITEM W.KIRWIN 3/80 JH 3/80 ~ and cod- ~ not in; DNE. Used Sup Used Sup Used Sup cod-whanger

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