Add to ORKGoldMany of the phrases used in the Bay may easily be misunderstood; as, for instance, the very common one among the fishermen when they say "old man", referring to the skipp- er of the vessel. He may be anything but old.PRINTED ITEMG.M.StoryFebruary 1964Used I and SupNot usedWithdraw
old(used when addressing almost any male person, regardless of age)DNE-cit64 WKUsed I and SupNot u...
uncle nIn the Newfoundland outports, 'uncle' does not cesessarily refer to a real uncle. It is a te...
voyage n...someone remarked that Skipper So and So had got his cargo of fish, - a "voyage of fish,"...
old_OED_ old man 1.b; As with _old woman_. v. common, & old a 8. ...
oldOld Duman - wife or old lady (the head and eyes of a lobster are called the 'old duman')See cit...
oldOften when speaking of mother or wife they say "the old woman". It is no term of contempt or ...
old[dialect of 1930's] (Old soul) old womanG. M. Story JAN 1973JH JAN 1973Used I and ...
oldterm of address People would come up to the stage.. and say, "Well, old man, 'tis no harm to sa...
voyage nThese old fishermen have all done their part to help build our outports up. They prosecute...
oldcareful etymology -searching, and loan-translation from Irish to discover _devil_ and _father_...
oldA somewhat contemptuous term for "father", used mainly by young boys.W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1972JH...
out-harbour n...outport man was considered merely a standard descriptive phrase whereas outharbour ...
be v. . . two old fellows were on their way to their schooner, one of them said to the other, "G...
oldterm of address Jack said, "Old man, the devil's in house!"term of addressDNE SupG.M.Story SEP ...
government...to keep the children from going on the government wharf they were told "Old Man _N_" wo...
old(used when addressing almost any male person, regardless of age)DNE-cit64 WKUsed I and SupNot u...
uncle nIn the Newfoundland outports, 'uncle' does not cesessarily refer to a real uncle. It is a te...
voyage n...someone remarked that Skipper So and So had got his cargo of fish, - a "voyage of fish,"...
old_OED_ old man 1.b; As with _old woman_. v. common, & old a 8. ...
oldOld Duman - wife or old lady (the head and eyes of a lobster are called the 'old duman')See cit...
oldOften when speaking of mother or wife they say "the old woman". It is no term of contempt or ...
old[dialect of 1930's] (Old soul) old womanG. M. Story JAN 1973JH JAN 1973Used I and ...
oldterm of address People would come up to the stage.. and say, "Well, old man, 'tis no harm to sa...
voyage nThese old fishermen have all done their part to help build our outports up. They prosecute...
oldcareful etymology -searching, and loan-translation from Irish to discover _devil_ and _father_...
oldA somewhat contemptuous term for "father", used mainly by young boys.W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1972JH...
out-harbour n...outport man was considered merely a standard descriptive phrase whereas outharbour ...
be v. . . two old fellows were on their way to their schooner, one of them said to the other, "G...
oldterm of address Jack said, "Old man, the devil's in house!"term of addressDNE SupG.M.Story SEP ...
government...to keep the children from going on the government wharf they were told "Old Man _N_" wo...
old(used when addressing almost any male person, regardless of age)DNE-cit64 WKUsed I and SupNot u...
uncle nIn the Newfoundland outports, 'uncle' does not cesessarily refer to a real uncle. It is a te...
voyage n...someone remarked that Skipper So and So had got his cargo of fish, - a "voyage of fish,"...