boo-darbies

boo n A80. _Boo-darbies_. The second element in this compound is possibly derived from the word _darby_ which signifies a Christmas mummer93 - especially, if not exclusively, along the Southern Shore of the Avalon Peninsula.94 Parallels for such a compound exist in the term _Jenny-boos_ and also in...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1972
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/8145
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/8145 2023-12-31T10:18:23+01:00 boo-darbies 1972/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/8145 eng eng B 1972 J.D.A.Widdowson VISUAL VERBAL CONTROL p 293 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 4900 B_4900_boo n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/8145 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 1972 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z boo n A80. _Boo-darbies_. The second element in this compound is possibly derived from the word _darby_ which signifies a Christmas mummer93 - especially, if not exclusively, along the Southern Shore of the Avalon Peninsula.94 Parallels for such a compound exist in the term _Jenny-boos_ and also in the fact that _boo-bagger_ is used to refer specifically to Christmas mummers. One of the contributors to the Newfoundland Archive, however, states that the word _darby_ was used around Branch in St. Mary's Bay to mean a "scoundrel, or sly and cunning fellow". The evidence is at present too slender for a definitive etymology to be made. See cited quotation. (Card (A) (PTO) JH 7/76 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Not used See B_13504 for reverse. This is the first in a three-card series, from cards B_4900 to B_4902. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description boo n A80. _Boo-darbies_. The second element in this compound is possibly derived from the word _darby_ which signifies a Christmas mummer93 - especially, if not exclusively, along the Southern Shore of the Avalon Peninsula.94 Parallels for such a compound exist in the term _Jenny-boos_ and also in the fact that _boo-bagger_ is used to refer specifically to Christmas mummers. One of the contributors to the Newfoundland Archive, however, states that the word _darby_ was used around Branch in St. Mary's Bay to mean a "scoundrel, or sly and cunning fellow". The evidence is at present too slender for a definitive etymology to be made. See cited quotation. (Card (A) (PTO) JH 7/76 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Not used See B_13504 for reverse. This is the first in a three-card series, from cards B_4900 to B_4902.
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title_full_unstemmed boo-darbies
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1972 J.D.A.Widdowson VISUAL VERBAL CONTROL p 293
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
4900
B_4900_boo n
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