Weskit
Weskit Vest. Mr. E. Hussey, Tailor and World War 1 veteran, St. John's, Nfld., February, 1966. Mr. Hussey heard a boy from Bonavista use this a few years ago and considered it very odd. Apparently the word "vest" has been used by tailors for a long time and the other term has been for...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/76133 2023-12-31T10:19:22+01:00 Weskit 1966/03/03 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76133 eng eng W Herbert Halpert, MUN NYC March 3, 1966 Bonavista Northern Bay St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15180 W_15180_Weskit http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76133 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 1966 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:33Z Weskit Vest. Mr. E. Hussey, Tailor and World War 1 veteran, St. John's, Nfld., February, 1966. Mr. Hussey heard a boy from Bonavista use this a few years ago and considered it very odd. Apparently the word "vest" has been used by tailors for a long time and the other term has been forgotten. Mrs. Winnie Martin, has heard weskit both by her late father who came from Northern Bay and by her cousins orig- inally from the same area. But, she adds, that she has heard "weskit" used in St. John's all her life by her maternal relat- ives who were born and reared in St. John's. Not used Not used Withdrawn Withdrawn but no stamp Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Weskit Vest. Mr. E. Hussey, Tailor and World War 1 veteran, St. John's, Nfld., February, 1966. Mr. Hussey heard a boy from Bonavista use this a few years ago and considered it very odd. Apparently the word "vest" has been used by tailors for a long time and the other term has been forgotten. Mrs. Winnie Martin, has heard weskit both by her late father who came from Northern Bay and by her cousins orig- inally from the same area. But, she adds, that she has heard "weskit" used in St. John's all her life by her maternal relat- ives who were born and reared in St. John's. Not used Not used Withdrawn Withdrawn but no stamp |
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1966 |
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Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore |
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W Herbert Halpert, MUN NYC March 3, 1966 Bonavista Northern Bay St. John's References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15180 W_15180_Weskit http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76133 |
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