bog n / bog tree

bog n used in plural'spruce of very inferior quality, unfit for examining for Christmas trees to cut' 'spruce tree growing in boggy land and hence scraggy, ill-formed, yellowish, with hanging moss.' 'similar inferior spruce growing in uplands.' See cited quotation. WK A...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9188
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Summary:bog n used in plural'spruce of very inferior quality, unfit for examining for Christmas trees to cut' 'spruce tree growing in boggy land and hence scraggy, ill-formed, yellowish, with hanging moss.' 'similar inferior spruce growing in uplands.' See cited quotation. WK APR 10 1988 Used I and Sup Used Sup Used Sup Source appears in Sup as: P 148-86

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