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them days

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

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ExampleMeaning
My grandfather, an old (inc) lived here in town. He was a Salvation-Army guy. They started the legion hall in Haliburton. I can't tell you what year it was, I think its in the- (inc) up there. They started the legion hall in Haliburton back in them days.
"those days (in the past)"
Interviewer: Who's Ned-Surge? Speaker: He's dead long ago. Speaker 2: But now see- Speaker: He was a city slicker. Come up here and brought logs up to the mill. He had a place up here back in them days. He got stuck- cut to build with, eh? I tail-sawed in that mill, I tail-sawed- I was there that day, I was working on the mill when he come up there and took these pictures.
"those days (in the past)"
Speaker: And I was invited into the square-dance. Interviewer: Hm, what was that like? Speaker: No different than what we had. Interviewer: Hm. Speaker: Oh we get the same call and-everything eh, back in them days. Interviewer: Do you remember any of the calls? Speaker: Oh yeah. All on the left and the corners all (laughs)- eh Pat? (Laughs)
"those days (in the past)"
Speaker: So the main thing was the- the lumbering then. Speaker 2: Mm-hm. Interviewer: At the sawmills. Speaker: Yup. Interviewer: 'Cause there was a lot of- Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: Good trees up. Speaker: Back in them days it was good timber here. Interviewer: But the p-- the farms didn't do too well. Speaker: No.
"those days (in the past)"
We had everything. We never did without a meal, never. Back in them days, you-know meals were hard.
"those days (in the past)"
But he never took the chance because you lost a lot of money, that was your bread-and-butter in them days.
"those days (in the past)"
Speaker: We used to put ah molasses- had a barrel of molasses- Interviewer: In a barrel? Speaker: Barrel, yeah that's how you bought it in them days. Interviewer: What did you do with molasses? Speaker: You put it on their turnips. Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: Oh did they ever smack their chops for that.
"those days (in the past)"
Interviewer: Very nice. Did your mother knit that? Speaker: Yup. Back in them days everything was hand knit, your mitts and-everything. Interviewer: I know. Speaker 2: Henry learned how to knit.
"those days (in the past)"

Tired farms

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

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ExampleMeaning
Well when they do that, the roots do this, they die back. All that goes in the ground as mulch. So they came on to a tired farm which everybody said you're going to have to foul that farm, you're going to have to rest it 'til it can come back to life.

to get the strap

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

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ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Oh the t-- we had- oh they p-- the principal that we had at Victoria-Street, the kids would love to get in trouble with him because (laughs) he had asthma so if you had to get the strap for every time he go "(deep inhale)" (laughs) they knew that they'd be into great trouble in ah- like they'd- they like to get in trouble just to get him (laughs) to have to breathe. Interviewer: Get him going. Speaker: To breathe ah funny.
a form of corporal punishment involving a leather strap being slapped across the hands
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Well she said, "The paper's not wet so it couldn't have-" so she gave me the strap. Interviewer: Ooo! Speaker: Yeah, oh she was pretty strict. Interviewer: Oh my goodness. Speaker: And then I got the strap once more after that, I started learning a bit better (laughs). Interviewer: What did you get the strap for the second time? Speaker: Ah, pretty well the same thing, I ah- Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: (Laughs) First I won the (inc). Interviewer: (Laughs) Speaker: Yeah, oh well.
a form of corporal punishment involving a leather strap being slapped across the hands

tramp - 1

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1395, OED Evaluation: N/A

To tread or walk with a firm, heavy, resonant step; to stamp.

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: We pay six-hand euchre lot of times. Interviewer 1: Ooo, how do you play six-hand? Speaker 2: Just add seven more cards in. Speaker: Sevens and eights in and ah two jokers. Interviewer 1: Well that sounds like it would be fun. Speaker 2: Yeah. Speaker: Yeah you can get tramped on in a hurry (laughs). Eh? Interviewer 2: Yeah. Speaker 2: Except Pat gets the jokers all the time.
To trounce, dominate, walk over someone in a game.

Troll

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1606, OED Evaluation: N/A

To angle with a running line; also to fish in this way.

ExampleMeaning
Oh I can remember, see little Kennis-- Kennisis-Lake's named after little Joe-Kennisis um who was an Indian and I can remember getting up with the old guys to go out there and fish. And you would have to troll like- When you troll for fishing. And um, I never caught the fish but they said I did okay with trolling but I can go to Percy-Lake and I used to go with my mother and fish with her up there.
To angle with a running line; also to fish in this way.

Type-thing

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

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ExampleMeaning
No drinking and hunting. Strictly a deal in our hunt night type-thing.
Tag used when giving a sometimes imprecise description
ExampleMeaning
Like they had their curriculum but there was a little bit of leeway to add like arts or home-ec type-things into it when they had time, so we got to do that.
Tag used when giving a sometimes imprecise description

Veranda

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1711, OED Evaluation: NA

An open portico or light roofed gallery extending along the front (and occas. other sides) of a dwelling or other building, freq. having a front of lattice-work, and erected chiefly as a protection or shelter from the sun or rain.

ExampleMeaning
They ah- Mel said she drove to town and got the doctor and they sewed him up on the veranda.
An open portico or light roofed gallery extending along the front (and occas. other sides) of a dwelling or other building.
ExampleMeaning
Oh yeah, like it just um- I-don't-know whether- there's always a breeze there and it helps but we have a screened-in veranda so.
An open portico or light roofed gallery extending along the front (and occas. other sides) of a dwelling or other building.
ExampleMeaning
Ah, yes and I can remember sitting on our veranda-
An open portico or light roofed gallery extending along the front (and occas. other sides) of a dwelling or other building.
ExampleMeaning
I thi-- I think sometimes people who are- are anchored in in the- the traditional find it ah, discouraging at time because your- y-- y-- you have- if you and I have adjacent farms and we're old cottagers and we're sitting on our veranda's and so one y-- one of our veranda's with our rocking chairs and we're reminiscing and we're- we might disagree about a lot of stuff, but one thing I think we would agree on is that we get more or less production from our- our landscape.
An open portico or light roofed gallery extending along the front (and occas. other sides) of a dwelling or other building.

Walleye

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1888, OED Evaluation: N/A

An animal that is wall-eyed. In N. America a name for various fishes, esp. the wall-eyed pike, Stizostedion vitreum

ExampleMeaning
And my- my son- he- I'm a vegetarian so if I win steaks curling or-something, I give him the steaks and he gives me back the rainbow or the walleye that he catches in the winter time ice-fishing.
She says pickerel fish and walleye fish are the same thing. People in the south call it walleye and people in the North call is pickerel