Bedlamer Boy
bedlamer This expression was used by my informant to describe an adolescent boy - that is a young person who was neither a man or a child. This term was widely used throughout Bonavista Bay during my informant's boyhood. It was also used in an old saying "A Bedlamer boy with a cast in his...
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| Language: | English |
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1971
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7905 |
| Summary: | bedlamer This expression was used by my informant to describe an adolescent boy - that is a young person who was neither a man or a child. This term was widely used throughout Bonavista Bay during my informant's boyhood. It was also used in an old saying "A Bedlamer boy with a cast in his eye". an adolescent boy Yes DICT CEN. Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Not used [see 'bellamer (boy)' etc.] |
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