back stock

back a .'cause if you used [was?] to step over the back stock of a gunnel [gun?], oh my, you'd have to step right back again, backwards without turnin' around. (difficult to transcribe. May be "was to step", and probably _gun_ not _gunnel_, even though speaker actually says...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7810
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Summary:back a .'cause if you used [was?] to step over the back stock of a gunnel [gun?], oh my, you'd have to step right back again, backwards without turnin' around. (difficult to transcribe. May be "was to step", and probably _gun_ not _gunnel_, even though speaker actually says [PT] ) Yes DNE-cit J.D.A WIDDOWSON AUG 1973 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I no back doors about, ~ cove point/harbour/house/junk/kitchen/shore/side/stock/tilt cp HOUSE 2, JUNK, BOUGH TILT (SUP)~end/run RUN n 2, VEE Checked by Suzanne Power on Tue 24 Mar 2015; Source listed as T 190-65 in DNE

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