to smoke "like a tilt"
tilt n from the analogy of a bad chimney or stove-pipe in a temporary tilt in the woods - often a rough 1/2-length wooden flue above the hearth. DNE-cit JH 12/69 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Not used tilts, tilt-back, tilt line, Tilt's distance, BAY TILT, linneys, smoke like a tilt, sit in one end o...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1969
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76516 |
| Summary: | tilt n from the analogy of a bad chimney or stove-pipe in a temporary tilt in the woods - often a rough 1/2-length wooden flue above the hearth. DNE-cit JH 12/69 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Not used tilts, tilt-back, tilt line, Tilt's distance, BAY TILT, linneys, smoke like a tilt, sit in one end of a tilt and burn the other sense 3 from DNE-cit, not Sup; stamped DNE-cit but quot. not used |
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