beach n: to build beaches
beach n Winter was also the season for building beaches. Merchants who were starting up operations or needing to expand their beaches, hired men to bring gravel from the natural beach to the flat grassy area nearby.The process was repeated until the new beach was at a depth of about two feet. The ra...
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| Language: | English |
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1988
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9436 |
| Summary: | beach n Winter was also the season for building beaches. Merchants who were starting up operations or needing to expand their beaches, hired men to bring gravel from the natural beach to the flat grassy area nearby.The process was repeated until the new beach was at a depth of about two feet. The rate of pay for this work was about ten cents a barrel. PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup [Add to DNE beach n 1, or perhaps in a phr to parallel the phr _make bawn_ at DNE bawn n 3 ] G. M. Story JUN. 9 1988 WK Used I and Sup Used Sup 1 Used Sup |
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