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A little ways

Parf of speech: Adverb, OED Year: 1568, OED Evaluation: Colloq (chiefly N. Amer.)

A good (great, little, etc.) distance. Frequently followed by an adverb, esp. off, away.

ExampleMeaning
Um, and then my- my mom's parents owned a cottage on Kinesis-Lake which was- it's about a two-hour drive. It's passed Halliburton, a little ways there. Um, and so we both had- Kinesis generally we'd go to for like a week or-something, when we're all had vacation time.
A good (great, little, etc.) distance. Frequently followed by an adverb, esp. off, away.

Affair - 4

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1473, OED Evaluation: N/A

The ordinary activities or usual business of a person or group; esp. matters of personal or private importance, often concerning the general relations carried on between individuals and groups. Also in extended use.

ExampleMeaning
I ah I like to ah keep up with current events. I'm an expert on politics in my own version. Ah- world affairs. But I ah, I- I like to read. I read newspapers and magazines and ah a few books.
The ordinary activities or usual business of a person or group; esp. matters of personal or private importance, often concerning the general relations carried on between individuals and groups. Also in extended use.

Big-time

Parf of speech: NA, OED Year: 1910, OED Evaluation: Colloquial. Originally United States.

1. With the. The best kind, the highest rank; a state or example of excellence, fame, etc. to hit the big time: to become notable or famous. 2. To a great degree, on a large scale; extremely

ExampleMeaning
Then I moved on down for ah- ah another store for twelve dollars a week and then I went across the corner to a competitor for eighteen dollars a week. I was big-time.
Important or successful- intensifier

Bum

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1863, OED Evaluation: N/A

trans. To beg; to obtain by begging; to cadge.

ExampleMeaning
No, other people drove. I didn't have my first car until I was nineteen, so I had to like bum rides off everyone.
To borrow or get stuff for free from someone
ExampleMeaning
Not really you-know might go to Lakefield on a Wednesday night or-something. See the stores used to be open on Wednesday nights years ago. Well you'd go to Lakefield and bum around you-know as you called it.
To borrow or get stuff for free from someone

Chum

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1884, OED Evaluation: N/A

To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).

ExampleMeaning
My mom and dad chummed with them but as soon as we were old enough to their kids, I think both sides stopped seeing each other.
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).
ExampleMeaning
Um yeah there wasn't ah um we didn't really chum together when we were young.
To become intimate, be on friendly terms with (someone).

cistern

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1382, OED Evaluation: N/A

An artificial reservoir for the storage of water; esp. a watertight tank in a high part of a building, whence the taps in various parts of it are supplied.

ExampleMeaning
And have to go from tree to tree trim it- it off alone, clean out the cistern and get down in there and get down in the well and we put our own septic system in so we had to dig some of that by hand.
An artificial reservoir for the storage of water; esp. a watertight tank in a high part of a building, whence the taps in various parts of it are supplied.
Speaker: No we just had a well. Interviewer: A well. Speaker: And cistern. And the cistern was off the kitchen, like under the kitchen floor. So you'd use water out of that.
An artificial reservoir for the storage of water; esp. a watertight tank in a high part of a building, whence the taps in various parts of it are supplied.
Speaker: And cistern. And the cistern was off the kitchen, like under the kitchen floor. So you'd use water out of that. And usually the- the well was just for drinking water. So you just- you'd use the cistern water for your baths and-stuff. So it was just basic- basically cistern water was just run off from their- their roof. In other cases yeah. Interviewer: And what would you use for dishes? Or laundry? Would you use the cistern water for that or? Speaker: Yeah I- yeah it'd be cistern water yeah. Yeah and it was okay.
An artificial reservoir for the storage of water; esp. a watertight tank in a high part of a building, whence the taps in various parts of it are supplied.

dandy - 1

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1794, OED Evaluation: orig. U.S.

Fine, splendid, first-rate. colloq.

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: They got filled up eh? Speaker: Yeah they really did. Because every lesson is t-- pertaining to the Bible it's all fine-and-dandy, I believe in it, but not that much.
Fine, splendid, first-rate.
ExampleMeaning
Well the thing is I- the only reason I'd shoot a deer is if Ted didn't happen to get on you-know? And they like venison they just love the- eat- he's eaten venison every time he comes in here "I had venison last night. We got some dandy's last year ho ho ho just big lads."
Fine, splendid, first-rate.

dandy - 3

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Yeah that's great, but he wasn't gonna stop for you? Speaker: No I don't think he woulda if Roy hadn't ah stepped up to him. Interviewer: But you got your photo that's good. Speaker: Oh I got some dandies. I got- listen I got a pile of books out there on Hank-Snow that deep. Yeah, yeah. Interviewer: So, you got to meet him and ah have you- now what are some- have you met any other kind of celebrities or famous people?
"Dandy ones"

Down-street

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1701, OED Evaluation: Colloquial or regional. Chiefly U.S.

Down the street; in, into, or towards the lower part of a town, etc.

ExampleMeaning
But anymore that doesn't necessarily the- I-mean it- it still exists and hopefully we've instilled it in- in our kids, but there's a lot out there that don't or haven't and ah you-know the- you just go down street and some of the things that you- you see how- how people dress and how they talk out in- I-mean cursing and...
Down-town

Fine-and-dandy

Parf of speech: Expression, OED Year: 1908, OED Evaluation: U.S.

Fine, splendid, first-rate. colloq. (orig. U.S.). Freq. in phr. fine and dandy.

ExampleMeaning
Because every lesson is t-- pertaining to the Bible it's all fine-and-dandy, I believe in it, but not that much.
Fine, splendid, first-rate.

For to

Parf of speech: Preposition, OED Year: 1175, OED Evaluation: Now arch. or vulgar. Cf. French pour, German um zu.

Before an inf., usually for to, (Sc. till), indicating the object of an action; = ‘in order (to)’.

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: And- but Buckhorn was pretty safe? Speaker: Yeah it wasn't too bad, it was- it was hard to get someone to come and pick you up for- for to do something but ah it wasn't ah- it wasn't made fun of.
In order to

Gas-bar

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1970, OED Evaluation: North Canadian

a petrol station, esp. one without a garage for service or repairs, and having only basic facilities, as pumps and a kiosk.

ExampleMeaning
Yeah that used to be the bowling alley and the gas bar, and we had part of that, and then we moved from that over to the barn by the feed-mill.
Gas station
Yeah right from M-and-M down there was three- three houses there and then there was a bowling alley on the corner. And the little gas bar there. Super-Gas. And um and then across from there where Dixie-Lee is and that whole lot where the bowling alley is used to be the boat works.
Gas station

Golly

Parf of speech: Exclamation, OED Year: 1743, OED Evaluation: Origin U.S.

In (by) golly = (by) God.

ExampleMeaning
Oh golly cold, and these uncles of Brenda’s that had the butcher shop in Highway here.
In (by) golly = (by) God.

Grade thirteen

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Yeah I don't remember exactly when we met because we were in school together from ah I was in grade-seven and he was in grade-eight, so we went all through school together and probably became a couple when I was in grade twelve and he was in grade thirteen. Interviewer: And so how did that happen? Speaker: We went on a trip together as a group, the whole um grade twelve and thirteen went on a skri- ski trip to Quebec-City. Interviewer: Oh that's pretty romantic. Speaker: Yeah. Never been back since.
A fifth year of secondary school, taken by students intending to apply for university (as opposed to students in vocational streams, whose secondary school programs are only four years long).