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crunnick n[PT]JW "bring out a load of _chronics_"- literally this means to bring out the night's supply of firewood . A lady from Cape Boyle on the Southern Shore told me this expression and says that even now it is used quite often I have never heard this particular phrase beforeYesDICT CEN.Used I and SupUsed INot Usedcrannick, chronic, cronnick, crunnock, scronnick*, cranny*, croony*, CRANChecked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 29 Jun 2016, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY, [check] beside dictate

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