windcharger

wind Then along came the windcharger. These five-foot wooden propellers attached to small twelve-volt generators were mounted where they would catch the most wind. Some people placed them on the house top, others on the roof of a nearby shed and others on a twenty-five foot wooden tower in the yard....

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1977
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77517
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/77517 2023-12-31T10:19:25+01:00 windcharger 1977/01/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77517 eng eng W 1976 GUY That Far Greater Bay 136 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13017 W_13017_wind http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77517 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 1977 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z wind Then along came the windcharger. These five-foot wooden propellers attached to small twelve-volt generators were mounted where they would catch the most wind. Some people placed them on the house top, others on the roof of a nearby shed and others on a twenty-five foot wooden tower in the yard. The windcharger spun around in the breeze and pumped two twelve-volt car batteries in the kitchen full of juice. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM GMS Jan 77 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I wind-bag, windbag, wind-charger, windchargers, windcharger, wind gall,wind galls, wind hound, SUN HOUND, wind-jack, windjack,wind light, WEATHER LIGHT, wind lop, lop, tumble Source listed as: 1976 GUY 136 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
institution Open Polar
collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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language English
topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
windcharger
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description wind Then along came the windcharger. These five-foot wooden propellers attached to small twelve-volt generators were mounted where they would catch the most wind. Some people placed them on the house top, others on the roof of a nearby shed and others on a twenty-five foot wooden tower in the yard. The windcharger spun around in the breeze and pumped two twelve-volt car batteries in the kitchen full of juice. DNE-cit PRINTED ITEM GMS Jan 77 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I wind-bag, windbag, wind-charger, windchargers, windcharger, wind gall,wind galls, wind hound, SUN HOUND, wind-jack, windjack,wind light, WEATHER LIGHT, wind lop, lop, tumble Source listed as: 1976 GUY 136
format Manuscript
title windcharger
title_short windcharger
title_full windcharger
title_fullStr windcharger
title_full_unstemmed windcharger
title_sort windcharger
publishDate 1977
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77517
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation W
1976 GUY That Far Greater Bay 136
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13017
W_13017_wind
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77517
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