Tucken-mores
tuckamore n Small low-grown shrubs and creeping plants. I beg to offer a conjecture of this word's proper spelling and original use. I suppose it to be "tugging-more;" so named as capable of being cleared off the land by pulling up, or tugging with the hand; while the larger mores of...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/77677 2023-12-31T10:19:12+01:00 Tucken-mores 1964/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77677 eng eng T 1863 MORETON Life & Work in Nfld 31 Greenspond References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15612 T_15612_tuckamore n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77677 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 1964 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z tuckamore n Small low-grown shrubs and creeping plants. I beg to offer a conjecture of this word's proper spelling and original use. I suppose it to be "tugging-more;" so named as capable of being cleared off the land by pulling up, or tugging with the hand; while the larger mores of trees have to be got out by digging and much labour. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story July 1964 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I tuckamil, tucken-more, tuckermel, tuckermill, tuckermore, tucking bush, more, tuck 2 n Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador |
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English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Tucken-mores |
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tuckamore n Small low-grown shrubs and creeping plants. I beg to offer a conjecture of this word's proper spelling and original use. I suppose it to be "tugging-more;" so named as capable of being cleared off the land by pulling up, or tugging with the hand; while the larger mores of trees have to be got out by digging and much labour. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M. Story July 1964 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I tuckamil, tucken-more, tuckermel, tuckermill, tuckermore, tucking bush, more, tuck 2 n |
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1964 |
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T 1863 MORETON Life & Work in Nfld 31 Greenspond References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15612 T_15612_tuckamore n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77677 |
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