brewis

brewis n "Fish an' brewis, how many youse?" It rhymed, for brewis is pronounced "bruise." . You can boil the hard-bread and fish in water or milk; condensed milk if you can't get fresh, which generally you can't. To thousands of Newfoundlanders it furnishes a stapl...

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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/9801 2023-12-31T10:18:59+01:00 brewis xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9801 eng eng B 1924 ENGLAND 117 & References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 9171 B_9171_brewis n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9801 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 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:37Z brewis n "Fish an' brewis, how many youse?" It rhymed, for brewis is pronounced "bruise." . You can boil the hard-bread and fish in water or milk; condensed milk if you can't get fresh, which generally you can't. To thousands of Newfoundlanders it furnishes a staple, the hard-bread substituting for vegetables. As for"fish," that always means cod. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description brewis n "Fish an' brewis, how many youse?" It rhymed, for brewis is pronounced "bruise." . You can boil the hard-bread and fish in water or milk; condensed milk if you can't get fresh, which generally you can't. To thousands of Newfoundlanders it furnishes a staple, the hard-bread substituting for vegetables. As for"fish," that always means cod. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I
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1924 ENGLAND 117 &
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
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