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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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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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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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 |
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