Add to ORKGgombeenThis word means "a plug of tobacco." It is never heard today in my community but people used this word frequently when chewing tobacco was the "in thing," about twenty or more years ago. For example, if a man had his "gumbeene" and something to spit in then he would never bother to stir on a cold night.YesDICT CEN. JWUsed IUsed I1Not usedNEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVE
glanderThis word means the mucus that a person spits out of his mouth. It is usually greenish in col...
snipeI've heard my father use this word to refer to a cigarette. It usually means a cigarette butt....
gombeenA small ball of tobacco.A small ball of tobacco.G. M. Story July 1959PRINTED ITEMUsed IUsed ...
gombeen(21) GOMBEEN. Devine, 25: a small mean trader, an usurer with small capital. Also, small cube...
gombeen'small pieces of tobacco used as stakes in playing cards; tobacco chewed for a time, then sav...
gombeen- small pieces of tobacco held in one's mouth. Sometimes men played for these instead of m...
gombeencubes of chewing tobaccocubes of chewing tobaccoG. M. Story August 1955PRINTED ITEMUsed IUse...
gombeenFrequently we had the nightly game of cards, the old game of forty fives, which we played at ...
T D nMr. L.E.F. English's list of unusual words includes 'dudeen', meaning a pipe. This reminds one...
gombeenChewing tobacco used to come in sections with letters on each one. Each section broken off wa...
gumption_Words_ _gobstick_: stick used by trawl fishermen to get the hook out...
gumpIf it's a knotted piece of an end of a stick it's a gump. [ * spelling? ]YesJ. WIDDOSON WK?D...
gombeenA small lump of tobacco.A small lump of tobacco.G. M. Story April 1962PRINTED ITEMUsed IUsed...
baccy1.Would you like to have a chew of baccy. 2.This means tobacco.This means tobacco.YesJ. D....
gombeena chew of tobaccoa chew of tobaccoPRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M.Story July 1959Used IUsed I1Used
glanderThis word means the mucus that a person spits out of his mouth. It is usually greenish in col...
snipeI've heard my father use this word to refer to a cigarette. It usually means a cigarette butt....
gombeenA small ball of tobacco.A small ball of tobacco.G. M. Story July 1959PRINTED ITEMUsed IUsed ...
gombeen(21) GOMBEEN. Devine, 25: a small mean trader, an usurer with small capital. Also, small cube...
gombeen'small pieces of tobacco used as stakes in playing cards; tobacco chewed for a time, then sav...
gombeen- small pieces of tobacco held in one's mouth. Sometimes men played for these instead of m...
gombeencubes of chewing tobaccocubes of chewing tobaccoG. M. Story August 1955PRINTED ITEMUsed IUse...
gombeenFrequently we had the nightly game of cards, the old game of forty fives, which we played at ...
T D nMr. L.E.F. English's list of unusual words includes 'dudeen', meaning a pipe. This reminds one...
gombeenChewing tobacco used to come in sections with letters on each one. Each section broken off wa...
gumption_Words_ _gobstick_: stick used by trawl fishermen to get the hook out...
gumpIf it's a knotted piece of an end of a stick it's a gump. [ * spelling? ]YesJ. WIDDOSON WK?D...
gombeenA small lump of tobacco.A small lump of tobacco.G. M. Story April 1962PRINTED ITEMUsed IUsed...
baccy1.Would you like to have a chew of baccy. 2.This means tobacco.This means tobacco.YesJ. D....
gombeena chew of tobaccoa chew of tobaccoPRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M.Story July 1959Used IUsed I1Used
glanderThis word means the mucus that a person spits out of his mouth. It is usually greenish in col...
snipeI've heard my father use this word to refer to a cigarette. It usually means a cigarette butt....
gombeenA small ball of tobacco.A small ball of tobacco.G. M. Story July 1959PRINTED ITEMUsed IUsed ...