tun

tun n meaning: chimney This word was collected from Ted Rowe, a university student from Hearts Content. He heard it used by Henry Pitcher, a fisherman approximate age 70, who moved from Heart's Content from St. Jones Within - a comunity across the bay (i.e. Trinity Bay). Ted said that to the be...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/74840
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Summary:tun n meaning: chimney This word was collected from Ted Rowe, a university student from Hearts Content. He heard it used by Henry Pitcher, a fisherman approximate age 70, who moved from Heart's Content from St. Jones Within - a comunity across the bay (i.e. Trinity Bay). Ted said that to the best of his knowledege, no one in Heart's Content had heard of this usage before. chimney DNE-cit Used I Used I Not used [see 'chimbly'] ['tun' - see EED] Card marked DNE-cit, but not used.

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