Add to ORKGscreedless a-means that a person hasn't got anything to wear. Usually it is not said seriously it is used mainly as an exaggeration. Ex. If a kid comes home in a state of mud or dirt its mother may say 'if ya keeps that up you're gonna be screedless'. Really it sometimes refers to a person who 'ill uses' [reverse]YesDNE-cit DICT CEN.JW (over)Used IUsed IUsed IscreedNEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY. Source listed in DNE as C 71-129
hobble"In a _Hobble_ About It" : This expression means not [PT] worrying about the matter. For exa...
scow-ways a, avSomething is said to be _scow-ways_ (sp?) whenever it does not follow along natural ...
duds_duds_: old work clothes. It is quite common even to-day to hear men say after a day's work, "...
screedless aThis very common term means to have very little in the way of clothing. Everyone in the...
screedless a- meaning poorly off or having nothing of some particular thing. A man may say, after ...
screedless aScreegless - not a thing to wearJH 3/74Used INot usedNot usedscreed [see 'screedless'
screedless aPoorly off, generally, or having nothing of some particular thing. A man, well off ot...
screedless a"boy is screedless" 'without clothes; or underwear'?DNE-cit WK 62Used IUsed IUsed Isc...
streel nAn untidy, improperly dressed person. "What's the matter with you today. You looks like s ...
scumshy n_Folk Language_: "go on, you _Scumpshey_". This was a common saying in Joe Batt's Arm in t...
screech nOften , of course , screech would also be served and if a person_ frequently a person_or m...
jibs n pl_Vocabulary_ Scattered articles of clothing: articles of clothing in disarray - a litter....
screedless aAn' we got burned out after that again. We were left screedless - lost all our clot...
scutter nThis is the term which my grandmother used in reference to a bout of diarrhrea. "Skutterin...
streel n- lazy or slovenly person, (usually a woman). "Boy, what a streel she's become!"JH 9/70Used...
hobble"In a _Hobble_ About It" : This expression means not [PT] worrying about the matter. For exa...
scow-ways a, avSomething is said to be _scow-ways_ (sp?) whenever it does not follow along natural ...
duds_duds_: old work clothes. It is quite common even to-day to hear men say after a day's work, "...
screedless aThis very common term means to have very little in the way of clothing. Everyone in the...
screedless a- meaning poorly off or having nothing of some particular thing. A man may say, after ...
screedless aScreegless - not a thing to wearJH 3/74Used INot usedNot usedscreed [see 'screedless'
screedless aPoorly off, generally, or having nothing of some particular thing. A man, well off ot...
screedless a"boy is screedless" 'without clothes; or underwear'?DNE-cit WK 62Used IUsed IUsed Isc...
streel nAn untidy, improperly dressed person. "What's the matter with you today. You looks like s ...
scumshy n_Folk Language_: "go on, you _Scumpshey_". This was a common saying in Joe Batt's Arm in t...
screech nOften , of course , screech would also be served and if a person_ frequently a person_or m...
jibs n pl_Vocabulary_ Scattered articles of clothing: articles of clothing in disarray - a litter....
screedless aAn' we got burned out after that again. We were left screedless - lost all our clot...
scutter nThis is the term which my grandmother used in reference to a bout of diarrhrea. "Skutterin...
streel n- lazy or slovenly person, (usually a woman). "Boy, what a streel she's become!"JH 9/70Used...
hobble"In a _Hobble_ About It" : This expression means not [PT] worrying about the matter. For exa...
scow-ways a, avSomething is said to be _scow-ways_ (sp?) whenever it does not follow along natural ...
duds_duds_: old work clothes. It is quite common even to-day to hear men say after a day's work, "...