truck system

truck 1 n . . . the supplying merchants have to demand a great margin of profit on the goods they supply, if they are to make ends meet. While this favours the man who does _not_ pay, it handicaps very seriously the man who does. The whole "truck system" as it is called, is a ruinous one i...

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Other Authors: Memorial University - Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/76938 2023-05-15T17:21:29+02:00 truck system Memorial University - Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA) 1970/06/xx Image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76938 Eng eng T 1919 GRENFELL The Harvest of the Sea 115 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Slips 15480 T_15480_truck 1 n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/76938 Memorial University - Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA) Print text held in Memorial University - Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA) English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Document 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2017-11-26T00:47:49Z truck 1 n . . . the supplying merchants have to demand a great margin of profit on the goods they supply, if they are to make ends meet. While this favours the man who does _not_ pay, it handicaps very seriously the man who does. The whole "truck system" as it is called, is a ruinous one in every way. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Used I and Sup Used I Not used truck agent, ~ system, credit system Text Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) Newfoundland
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description truck 1 n . . . the supplying merchants have to demand a great margin of profit on the goods they supply, if they are to make ends meet. While this favours the man who does _not_ pay, it handicaps very seriously the man who does. The whole "truck system" as it is called, is a ruinous one in every way. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUN 1970 Used I and Sup Used I Not used truck agent, ~ system, credit system
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1919 GRENFELL The Harvest of the Sea 115
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Slips
15480
T_15480_truck 1 n
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