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REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: Word of the Week: April 26 - April 30: cambriola
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Friday, May 1, 2009. Word of the Week: April 26 - April 30: cambriola. Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:. Cambriola n also cambrioll. Short-lived name in the seventeenth century for the southern part of the Avalon Peninsula. 1620] 1626 [VAUGHAN] The Golden Fleece [map facing sig. a 1] Cambriola. 1626 ibid [a 1] Cambrioll Colchos, out of the Southermost Part of the Iland, commonly called the Newfoundland. The main thing is to RELiSH iT. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: Word of the Week (March 28 - April 5): plim
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Sunday, March 29, 2009. Word of the Week (March 28 - April 5): plim. Plim v Cp EDD v2 'to swell out' esp s w cties. 1 To expand or swell from absorption of liquid. 1979 POCIUS 36 One woman described how she boiled a particular brin bag with coarse mesh to make the strands 'plim right together' in order to use it for a mat. 2 Of a boat, cask or barrel, to absorb water so as to become watertight. 1920 GRENFELL and SPALDING 151 When a boat is not 'plymmed,' it leaks in all its seams. 2 1988 Evening Telegram...
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REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: Word of the Week (May 10 - 16): lawnya vawnya
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Sunday, May 10, 2009. Word of the Week (May 10 - 16): lawnya vawnya. Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:. Lawnya vawnya* n also lawnya. Cp JOYCE 283 launa-vaula; DINNEEN lán: l[án] an mhála 'the full of the bag.' A good time at a dance or party; plenty to eat.1968 DILLON 147 We had lawnya vawnya last night. P 245-79 Lawnya—having a grand old time. May all the mothers get one! Now, we invite you to RELiVE, REMEMBER and REFRESH iT and/or even REDEFiNE iT! Enter your search terms.
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REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: October 2008
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Thursday, October 30, 2008. Word of the week sighting: slut according to Wikipedia. Oddly enough, Wikipedia's entry for our word of the week, slut. Makes no mention of the Dictionary of Newfoundland English of the making of tea. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Slut (disambiguation). Slut or slattern is a pejorative. Term for a person who is deemed sexually promiscuous. The term has traditionally been applied to women and is generally used as an insult. Term in the BDSM. Or via ...
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REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: February 2009
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Sunday, February 22, 2009. Word of the week Feb 22-28: blessed. Word of the Week: February 22-28. Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:. Blessed a Cp EDD ppl adj 'emphatic for good'; OED2 'worthy to be blessed by men'; JOYCE 196-7. A few examples are given below. Now, we invite you to RELiVE, REMEMBER and REFRESH iT and/or even REDEFiNE iT! The main thing is to RELiSH iT. We also post the word of the week on our sister facebook group each week. Sunday, February 15, 2009. Definit...
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REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: January 2009
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Sunday, January 25, 2009. Word of the Week (January 25- February 1): spudgel. Word of the Week: January 25- February 1. Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:. Also spudget*, spudgin*, spudgy* [phonetics unavailable]. EDD sb 1 'a wooden bowl with a long handle used for bailing' Gl IW Do So; DC Nfld (1775, 1937) for sense 1. 1 Small wooden bucket with a long handle, used to bail water from a deep-keeled boat; PIGGIN. 1975 BUTLER 38-9 1 had two big long-handled spudgels aboard....
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REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: April 2009
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Sunday, April 19, 2009. Word of the Week (April 19-25): gaff. Word of the Week: April 19 - April 25. Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:. Gaff n also gaft. Cp OED sb1 1 b (1656-), DAE 2 (1832-), EDD sb1 2 for sense 1; DC Nfld (1883-) for sense 2; OED sb1 5 hook (1844-) for comb in sense 3. 1 A type of boat-hook with a (usu short) wooden handle, used for various fisheries purposes; HAND-GAFF. 1842 JUKES i, 260 Every man prepared his'gaff,' by firmly fastening a spiked hook like...
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REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: September 2008
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008. Bitch and Dogbody: Recipes from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English. Until we announce the winner of our Recipe Redux Contest we're posting recipes found in the Dictionary of Newfoundland English to inspire you. Here's one, reproduced as found in the online Dictionary of Newfoundland English. Cartoon by Jennifer Barrett. An' de broken hard-bread was called "slut"? Deadline for Entry submissions is October 1. Sunday, September 28, 2008. Sept 28 – Oct 4 Word of the Week.
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REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: May 2009
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Sunday, May 10, 2009. Word of the Week (May 10 - 16): lawnya vawnya. Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:. Lawnya vawnya* n also lawnya. Cp JOYCE 283 launa-vaula; DINNEEN lán: l[án] an mhála 'the full of the bag.' A good time at a dance or party; plenty to eat.1968 DILLON 147 We had lawnya vawnya last night. P 245-79 Lawnya—having a grand old time. May all the mothers get one! Now, we invite you to RELiVE, REMEMBER and REFRESH iT and/or even REDEFiNE iT! Monday, May 4, 2009.
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REDEFiNE iT: Dictionary of Newfoundland English: December 2008
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008. The Complete List of Words of the Week from 2008. Throughout 2008 Rattling Books. Has brought you words of the week from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English both here on this blog and through our sister facebook group. More recently the word of the week has also been announced each Sunday morning on the CBC Radio program Weekend Arts Magazine. With host Angela Antle. Along the way we took tangents and had a recipe contest. Duff, figgy duff. Sunday, December 21, 2008.
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