wooge

woolidge n - means "tangled and disorderly hair" or "take the hair off by force." .My grandparents and some neighbors use this term in both contexts. Usually, if our hair was messy, we would say, "What a wooge I got.".If we were mad at someone we might be overheard sayi...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1975
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77923
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/77923 2023-12-31T10:19:02+01:00 wooge 1975/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77923 eng eng W Donna Stephenson 75-146 Victoria References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13525 W_13525_woolidge n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77923 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 1975 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z woolidge n - means "tangled and disorderly hair" or "take the hair off by force." .My grandparents and some neighbors use this term in both contexts. Usually, if our hair was messy, we would say, "What a wooge I got.".If we were mad at someone we might be overheard saying, "I'll wooge you!" This meant we would pull their hair off. DNE-cit JH 6/75 Used I Used I Not used wooge, woog, woodgy, woolage, wool Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
wooge
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description woolidge n - means "tangled and disorderly hair" or "take the hair off by force." .My grandparents and some neighbors use this term in both contexts. Usually, if our hair was messy, we would say, "What a wooge I got.".If we were mad at someone we might be overheard saying, "I'll wooge you!" This meant we would pull their hair off. DNE-cit JH 6/75 Used I Used I Not used wooge, woog, woodgy, woolage, wool
format Manuscript
title wooge
title_short wooge
title_full wooge
title_fullStr wooge
title_full_unstemmed wooge
title_sort wooge
publishDate 1975
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77923
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
Donna Stephenson 75-146
Victoria
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13525
W_13525_woolidge n
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