Add to ORKGtally nMy father firmly believed that if he caught a '_tally' fish_ there was a _skiff-load_ of codfish forthcoming. A' tally' fish (codfish) is one that has a lot of bright black marks on its sides: [Diagram] 'TALLEY' FISH Every time my father saw a 'talley' fish his remarks would be something like this:DICT CEN. DNE-citNOV 21 1968Used I and SupNot usedUsed
battyA large catch of codfish ready to be thrown up to the stage head from the boat would be calle...
cod 2 nMy father and his father would work, pulling traps, hauling mile-long cod-lines hand over h...
fishThe almost universal use of cod as a food is evident from the fact that its name became synony...
tally nMy father firmly believed that if he caught a 'tally' fishtthere was a skiff-load of codfis...
tally nAn' they wouldn't weight their fish puttin' it 'board.They always counted their fish - so ...
tally vThere's five strokes,if you are tallyin' fish, now,you know, there's five strokes.YesDNE-cit...
skiff nMy father firmly believed that if he caught a 'tally' fish there was a skiff-load of codfis...
quintal n'We saw a nice wad of fish out on the point today' (a school of cod fish varying in size f...
quintal nThe catch was measured by the "quintal," tech/nically one hundred fish, but in order to al...
tom cod nContext: ... on the wharf catching tom-cods Meaning: your cod fish not fully grown.your ...
wad nA school of cod fish varying in size from a few fish to hundreds of _quintals_ seen on the o...
quintal nA quintal is the ancient and traditional measure used by the cod fishers. It is equal to 1...
number...our fish, our Newfoundland fish them times used to go to Spain,an' Portugal and the West I...
fishUnlike many Newfoundland localisms, fish killer is easily translated. It means what the rest of...
quintal n100lb cured 120 fishes a quintal means a hundredweight of cured fish; about one hundre...
battyA large catch of codfish ready to be thrown up to the stage head from the boat would be calle...
cod 2 nMy father and his father would work, pulling traps, hauling mile-long cod-lines hand over h...
fishThe almost universal use of cod as a food is evident from the fact that its name became synony...
tally nMy father firmly believed that if he caught a 'tally' fishtthere was a skiff-load of codfis...
tally nAn' they wouldn't weight their fish puttin' it 'board.They always counted their fish - so ...
tally vThere's five strokes,if you are tallyin' fish, now,you know, there's five strokes.YesDNE-cit...
skiff nMy father firmly believed that if he caught a 'tally' fish there was a skiff-load of codfis...
quintal n'We saw a nice wad of fish out on the point today' (a school of cod fish varying in size f...
quintal nThe catch was measured by the "quintal," tech/nically one hundred fish, but in order to al...
tom cod nContext: ... on the wharf catching tom-cods Meaning: your cod fish not fully grown.your ...
wad nA school of cod fish varying in size from a few fish to hundreds of _quintals_ seen on the o...
quintal nA quintal is the ancient and traditional measure used by the cod fishers. It is equal to 1...
number...our fish, our Newfoundland fish them times used to go to Spain,an' Portugal and the West I...
fishUnlike many Newfoundland localisms, fish killer is easily translated. It means what the rest of...
quintal n100lb cured 120 fishes a quintal means a hundredweight of cured fish; about one hundre...
battyA large catch of codfish ready to be thrown up to the stage head from the boat would be calle...
cod 2 nMy father and his father would work, pulling traps, hauling mile-long cod-lines hand over h...
fishThe almost universal use of cod as a food is evident from the fact that its name became synony...