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| Example | Meaning |
... anybody wanted something drawed, for a little extra money, you done it. It didn't matter about what time it was when you got home. You're not- you-see, driving a truck w-- with me, it was never no effort. You-know, some people, you-know, it was tired and things like that. You-know, when you're driving a truck sitting down there all day, and when you come through here and get your supper at night, you're just want to go lay on the couch. |
"never any" |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
| Example | Meaning |
... we went over where the barns were that you can't see where the barns were at all. The time the barn burnt, that's when we were out west. Did both the barns go at the same time? |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
| Example | Meaning |
... one of Uncle-Larry's um- Un-- Uncle-Larry's oldest girl died just in December I think it was too, she died just before the cousin out west you-see. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
They were having an auction sale, you-see, to sell off the stuff because Uncle-Daniel was going back out west and ah he wanted to be rid of the stuff. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man.
| Example | Meaning |
When you wanted to go to the bathroom eh, you got your dad's rubber boots on, your big overcoat on, didn't you Angie? ... Snow- if it wasn't snow up to your neck didn't you Wally? |
A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man. |
in a satisfactory way; to a considerable extent, largely.
| Example | Meaning |
Interviewer 1: What government was that? Who was prime-minister then? ... Interviewer 2: It was always Liberal. The- Canada's always been Liberal. Speaker: Pretty-well yeah. Mm-hm. |
pretty much |
Interviewer: Well it seems to me that a lot of people had organs in those days. Did they? Speaker: Well they all had organs pretty-well yeah. |
pretty much |
| Example | Meaning |
Oh, I-see. Oh yeah. Well, you'd know her pretty well then. |
pretty much |
Ah one of those sheeps that was up there. And in the- well, (inc) some time out of there, and they had her all eat. The ribs just sticking up there, the snow and the head, everything- eat all pretty well. |
pretty much |
He'd never make one move without a fellow out there with ah him. Him still pretty- pretty well (inc) I was glad I got back to him when (inc) |
pretty much |
N/A
| Example | Meaning |
Interviewer: So I-guess everybody ne-- was mostly it mostly square-dancing? Speaker: Yeah, they round-danced too. They waltzed and shout-east and fox-trot- we used to call it fox-trot then didn't we? |
To dance a round dance. |
A shed for railway engines which is built around a central turntable, and often circular or semicircular in plan.
| Example | Meaning |
That was- that was the most- that was the most closest place to the round house, you-see, where I was boarding. And you had to walk over there. Ah, could be as far as (inc.). Dang cold in the winter too. |
A shed for railway engines which is built around a central turntable, and often circular or semicircular in plan. |
And when we come out to see- it was in the- late in the fall- and when we come out of the round house, we had to go across about a hundred and fifty yards over to that hotel, you-see. |
A shed for railway engines which is built around a central turntable, and often circular or semicircular in plan. |
Rye whiskey.
| Example | Meaning |
Interview: Whereabouts was that? Speaker: Ah, about ah, five miles past ah Delhi, towards ah, what do you call it? ... Yeah, down towards ah, where they make the rye whisky, down that part of Windsor. |
Whiskey made from rye grain. |
To cast off, drop, discard, give up, get rid of (something).
| Example | Meaning |
Went down to the creek, and got some water in and come up and slough (inc) a bunch of this stuff out of this gallon pan and put some sugar in it and drank it. |
Shred or remove |
Somewhere; (at, in, to, etc.) a particular or unspecified place.
| Example | Meaning |
Well then she died a few years ago here, his wife, ah and I forget where she was, she was in a nursing-home someplace. They had no family. They did have a child and it died. |
somewhere |
Nothing. And now um there was piece on Aunt-Keira-Reese, she musta belonged up there someplace. But anyway she married a Morgan. |
somewhere |
And the stagecoach took the tourists from here out to where Charleston, that's down on Lake-Joseph someplace. |
somewhere |
Then they built a um a house, it'd be- it would be a shack really, it's just be something liveable, out on the other side of the Tallyho where you go out on to one-forty-one, out in there someplace. And ah they walked in from there to where Dex-Hayle lives now and cleared the land and built the house there. |
somewhere |
Interviewer: ... that's such a lovely window; you must've planned this house exactly the way you wanted it. Speaker: Well, (laughs) ah Brendan was in the- ... he like done building for- for people and we were out at a cottage around McKeller someplace and they had a picture window and where you sat with this picture window- ... |
somewhere |