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Beef

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1320, OED Evaluation: N/A

An ox; any animal of the ox kind; esp. a fattened beast, or its carcase

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Ah no she was- made good soup. Used to enjoy soup but- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Yeah but apart from that we used to ah- a lot of our food was from the farm so we- Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: We had our own beef and we had our own vegetables and most part and- and ah the freezer and so ah self-sufficient in a lot of ways that way, of course we'd had to buy groceries. Ah apart from that you only went into town every couple of weeks or more...
A cow

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
And I wasn't a bad referee. I could referee every night all over northern Ontario. And I had a chance to go big time refereeing but I didn't want to leave my family.
At a high level or professionally
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: But maybe not go into detail. Speaker: Oh. 'Cause- Interviewer: Because I know- Speaker: Yup. Interviewer: In linguistics we do do a bit of that. Speaker: We taught it big time, because I know that I c-- I can say to my to my granddaughter, "That's only a sentence fragment, it's not a sentence."
A lot - intensifier
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Ah he's taking corporate law and security. Interviewer: And you're taking? Speaker: Law and justice. Yeah. Went from phys-ed to law and justice. Going to be a big-time Toronto lawyer slash next premier of Ontario (laughs).
Important or successful- intensifier
Speaker: Yeah. Ah his name is Leonard-Alsworthy. He's our concrete guy, like he's originally from Latchford but he ended up going like playing major- big time professional hockey and like living in Vegas and all that kind-of crazy stuff.
At a high level or professionally
Speaker: Ah, most people don't like it 'cause they all think it's a big rough city but to me it's- it's good times. It's big time party city. It's probably more of a part-- like with its demographics and the size of Sudbury, it's a probably a bigger party city than most cities in Ontario.
Used as an intensifier
Ah, my first year, I seen Alexis-on-Fire and the Trues. Ah they have Three-Days-Grace, they have a lot of big time bands that show up there.
Important or successful- intensifier
Interviewer: Did you find it easier to transition to Sudbury than (inc) Toronto. Speaker: Ah, I-don't-know, I'm a big time city guy, like I've been in the city quite a bit.
Intensifier
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Oh fabulous. Um, they had so much outside help come in. Interviewer: Really? Speaker: Major, big time. The government stepped in, everybody stepped in. They set up the arena as a refugee type place.
Very much - intensifier
Speaker: But if you don't, you'd have- no and when you come out of university, you owe money, you owe money big time-
A lot of - intensifier
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Yeah. So I remember the ice cream- Interviewer: Yeah (laugh). Speaker: (Laughs). big time.
Very much - intensifier
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Like he hated even being away in Sudbury for school. Interviewer: Really? Interviewer: Who? Speaker: He's a big home body, big time more than- Interviewer: I like Sudbury. Speaker: Yeah.
Intensifier
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Like it's a big time hockey, so, um, it was pretty cool.
Important - intensifier

Bikers Reunion

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

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: So you like Bikers? Did you go one- when d-- well last year let's say- Speaker: Um, see I don't really like Bikers-Reunion. Interviewer: Why not? Speaker: It's too family-oriented (laughs)- Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: I-don't-know, it's just- I-don't-know it's not like- it's not teenager based. It's more at the older crowd and the younger crowd.
An annual cancer research fundraising event in New Liskeard, in which shows, auctions, and a motorcycle raffle are held.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: If there was a scratch on them we had to document it- tell Harley because y-- you got a scratch on the tank, you can't get it out, there's like fifteen-hundred dollars. So and then he says, "Well what about the Bikers-Reunion up in Liskeard this year?" He gives a bike every year to them, eh? Interviewer: Yes! Speaker: And- Interviewer 2: Mm-hm. Speaker: Yeah so, I said, "Well, we'll do it again this year." So my wife and I do that.
An annual cancer research fundraising event in New Liskeard, in which shows, auctions, and a motorcycle raffle are held.
Speaker: I say, "We're smart, we buy- we bought bulk and ah, we were able to ah, buy off other dealers w-- what they couldn't sell and we sold it here." Interviewer: Yeah? Speaker: But we do that every year, the Bikers-Reunion. Interviewer 2: Mm-hm.
An annual cancer research fundraising event in New Liskeard, in which shows, auctions, and a motorcycle raffle are held.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: I don't know what to say there's- there's nothing bad about this community. Nothing. People complain about this or about that and you-know, when you see the money they gather up for cancer and-that, like the Bikers-Reunion. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: What can you say? And that's only one little thing. everybody in their own way, is like that. You-know, if it isn't a Bikers-Reunion it's something else. You-know, it's just not one thing. Interviewer: There's always been a great sense of community here, eh? Speaker: The best.
An annual cancer research fundraising event in New Liskeard, in which shows, auctions, and a motorcycle raffle are held.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: So also being (inc) involved in the- a lot of the big events that have shaped the community. Speaker: Oh yeah, you-know you're always m-- yeah. 'Cause the radio station gets involved in all a-- Interviewer 2: Bikers? Speaker: Like the hundredth anniversary, the Bikers-Reunion all-that-stuff. Interviewer: Melanie-Ethier disappearance? Speaker: Oh that stuff, yeah yeah yeah yeah.
An annual cancer research fundraising event in New Liskeard, in which shows, auctions, and a motorcycle raffle are held.
Interviewer: What do you say, arguably is like the biggest event to impact our community? Speaker: The biggest event, wow. Interviewer 2: (Laughs) Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: That's tough. Well I-guess the Bikers-Reunion, since it started I-mean it's- Interviewer 2: It's- Speaker: It's just amazing, I don't- that's- nothing's brought that many people in here- Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: In one shot ever. Summerfest used to be huge.
An annual cancer research fundraising event in New Liskeard, in which shows, auctions, and a motorcycle raffle are held.
Speaker: Summerfest used to be huge. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: You-know I used to go to all the- all the concerts and-stuff and- but no the Bikers-Reunion is amazing you-know? Interviewer 2: Mm-hm. Speaker: To see that tent over here, the huge tent and all acts that come in and-stuff-like-that yeah it's- yeah it's something.
An annual cancer research fundraising event in New Liskeard, in which shows, auctions, and a motorcycle raffle are held.