Add to ORKGflinterOld people when referring to a mischievous child would address them as "flinters". Such youngsters were often address [sic] as "you flinter".see cited qoutationDNE-citJH 1/75Used IUsed IUsed Ilast sentence doesnt appear in DNE
bleacherAn unmarried person in Avondale was often given a name . . . Boys were referred to as bed...
quintal nPRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M. Story January 1964Used I and SupUsed INot used[see 'kentalls', '...
bedlamerYOUNGSTER: Able Youngster bedamar bedlamer boy gaffer/gaffer boy gazling gossoon h...
flintermachevious personmachevious personDNE-citUsed IUsed IUsed Ilast sentence doesnt appear in DNE...
flinterShe's a saucy flinter. - a 'hard case'.see cited qoutationDNE-citJH 5/71 JH 5/71Used IUsed...
youngster nThe term "youngster," as used among the planters and understood by the early settlers, ...
laddio n_Laddioes_ [PT] JW This was a term used by my mother to refer to young boys. It was espec...
snail nSometimes boys of my age and I would go picking snails in the harbour...Everyone would be si...
skirr vThe word 'skir' used by the fishermen is pure English. Shakespeare makes Macbeth say "Send o...
moonlightThey were sometimes called love childs or moonlight childs, but a familiar name we would p...
jink nsame as "Jinker", but used more by the younger people. (see "Jinker")JH 14/1/70 DNE-citUs...
young oneThe girls are called the "young ones," and the boys are called the 'young fellas".WK 9/72 ...
_digis_This name was applied to people, especially the young, when they did something wrong (morall...
quintal n"kentalls" i.e. quintalsPRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M. Story May 1960Used I and SupUsed INot us...
Jeeper CripesFOLK LANGUAGE [PT]JW "_Jeeper Cripes_" : A substitute for cursing Rather than take Je...
bleacherAn unmarried person in Avondale was often given a name . . . Boys were referred to as bed...
quintal nPRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M. Story January 1964Used I and SupUsed INot used[see 'kentalls', '...
bedlamerYOUNGSTER: Able Youngster bedamar bedlamer boy gaffer/gaffer boy gazling gossoon h...
flintermachevious personmachevious personDNE-citUsed IUsed IUsed Ilast sentence doesnt appear in DNE...
flinterShe's a saucy flinter. - a 'hard case'.see cited qoutationDNE-citJH 5/71 JH 5/71Used IUsed...
youngster nThe term "youngster," as used among the planters and understood by the early settlers, ...
laddio n_Laddioes_ [PT] JW This was a term used by my mother to refer to young boys. It was espec...
snail nSometimes boys of my age and I would go picking snails in the harbour...Everyone would be si...
skirr vThe word 'skir' used by the fishermen is pure English. Shakespeare makes Macbeth say "Send o...
moonlightThey were sometimes called love childs or moonlight childs, but a familiar name we would p...
jink nsame as "Jinker", but used more by the younger people. (see "Jinker")JH 14/1/70 DNE-citUs...
young oneThe girls are called the "young ones," and the boys are called the 'young fellas".WK 9/72 ...
_digis_This name was applied to people, especially the young, when they did something wrong (morall...
quintal n"kentalls" i.e. quintalsPRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M. Story May 1960Used I and SupUsed INot us...
Jeeper CripesFOLK LANGUAGE [PT]JW "_Jeeper Cripes_" : A substitute for cursing Rather than take Je...
bleacherAn unmarried person in Avondale was often given a name . . . Boys were referred to as bed...
quintal nPRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M. Story January 1964Used I and SupUsed INot used[see 'kentalls', '...
bedlamerYOUNGSTER: Able Youngster bedamar bedlamer boy gaffer/gaffer boy gazling gossoon h...