whitenose

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1956
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/78277

white a A youngster who has graduated in the school of winter experience thus: Himself not knowing how severely frost could freeze and whiten his nose, his companions kept him in ignorance till he suffered the ordeal "unknowest." They enjoyed the joke at his expense, and surprised him by applying snow to the part. Then, with a clap on the back, they told him he was a _youngster_ no longer but a whitenose. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1956 Used I and Sup Used I 5 Used I white hawk; ~ bird; ~ cap; ~ game; ~ hawk; ~ jay; ~ministe; ~ partridge; ~-tail eagle; ~-throated loo; ~-winged diver; ~ winter gull; white daisy; ~ flower; ~ lily; ~ maple; ~ moss; ~ musk;, ~ snow-drops; ~ spruce; ~ top; ~ wood; white bear; white boy;