wabbies

whabby n About _duckish_ (just after sunset), the sounds of _wabbies_ broke the stillness of a Summer evening. A wabby was a snipe and it came to be called by that name because of the sound made by its beating wings. JH-25-11-69 Used I and Sup 1 Not used [see 'snipe'] 'wamby' �...

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Language:English
Published: 1969
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/78173 2023-12-31T10:18:34+01:00 wabbies 1969/11/25 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78173 eng eng W Allan J. Cole, English 240 1968 Victoria, C.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 15405 W_15405_whabby n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78173 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 1969 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z whabby n About _duckish_ (just after sunset), the sounds of _wabbies_ broke the stillness of a Summer evening. A wabby was a snipe and it came to be called by that name because of the sound made by its beating wings. JH-25-11-69 Used I and Sup 1 Not used [see 'snipe'] 'wamby' 'whobby' etc whabby, wabby, wamby, waubbe, whobby Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description whabby n About _duckish_ (just after sunset), the sounds of _wabbies_ broke the stillness of a Summer evening. A wabby was a snipe and it came to be called by that name because of the sound made by its beating wings. JH-25-11-69 Used I and Sup 1 Not used [see 'snipe'] 'wamby' 'whobby' etc whabby, wabby, wamby, waubbe, whobby
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title wabbies
title_short wabbies
title_full wabbies
title_fullStr wabbies
title_full_unstemmed wabbies
title_sort wabbies
publishDate 1969
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78173
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
Allan J. Cole, English 240 1968
Victoria, C.B.
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
15405
W_15405_whabby n
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