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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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1975
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77945
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/77945 2023-12-31T10:19:07+01:00 wait a minute 1975/06/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77945 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 14119 W_14119_wait-a-minute n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77945 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 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 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
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wait a minute
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description 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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title wait a minute
title_short wait a minute
title_full wait a minute
title_fullStr wait a minute
title_full_unstemmed wait a minute
title_sort wait a minute
publishDate 1975
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genre Newfoundland
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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
14119
W_14119_wait-a-minute n
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