wait a minute
wait-a-minute n "Wait a minute" - red or blassy boughs. [My uncle] told me how he used to hear men from the North Shore of Conception Bay call blassy boughs "wait a minute." They called the boughs this because you have to wait a minute when you put one into the fire before it cau...
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| Language: | English |
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1975
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77945 |
| Summary: | wait-a-minute n "Wait a minute" - red or blassy boughs. [My uncle] told me how he used to hear men from the North Shore of Conception Bay call blassy boughs "wait a minute." They called the boughs this because you have to wait a minute when you put one into the fire before it caught and burned. DNE-cit JH 6/75 Used I Used I Used I wait-awhile-match; wait-a-minutes; wait a minute; hardwood matches; hardwood wait-a-minutes |
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