ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DIGBY CHICKEN
After Digby, a town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIGBY CHICKEN»
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This Mitchell and Webb Book
Humour.
David Mitchell, Robert Webb, 2009
... 192 getting there 190 what to see and do 193-4 where to eat 191-3 where to
stay 190-1 Digby Chicken 194 Digby Chicks see Digby Chicken Digby County
Exhibition 198 Digby Gut 190, 210,211 Digby Neck 33, 179, 180, 189, 194-7
Digby, ...
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The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal ...
Robert and Thomas Digby went into partnership, with money borrowed from their
parents. The Digby chicken farm, just outside Northwich, limped along for a few
years, and then went spectacularly bust. Thomas privately blamed the failure on ...
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Amy in Acadia: A Story for Girls
It 's strange that no one has given us a Digby chicken since we came here. Any
one would suppose that the Digby chicken is the only fish that grows here ; yet
really and truly we have n't seen one, have we, since our arrival ? For it 's the cod
...
Miffed, be ye? Never mind. You'd ought to rest your tongue, 'cause I 'low it's never
wagged so fast afore in your whole life. But I'm ekal to it. I'm ekal. I've growed to
be a regular 'Digby chicken,' I've tarried here so long already. Ever eat 'Digby ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
Digby chicken . A herring: mid-C.19–20. (Perhaps an error for DIGBY DUCK.) 2.
A smoked herring: Canadian: from ca 1880. Ex Digby in Nova Scotia. Digby duck
. (Gen. pl.) A dried herring: Nova Scotian and nautical: late C.19–20. Prob. on ...
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Our Garrisons in the West: Or, Sketches in British North America
Digby is situated on a pretty bay, and is celebrated for its trade in a small herring,
known as the Digby chicken. Sydney is celebrated for its coal mines, which are
very extensive ; but are not the only coal mines in Nova Scotia. If I remember right
...
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Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors
(The phrase is Shakespeare's [Hamlet II.ii – 1600], and the word Generali refers
to the general public. Caviare is an acquired taste.) Going like two at a digby [a
small herring caught and cured at Digby, NS, sometimes called a Digby chicken].
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The Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors
(The phrase is Shakespeare's [Hamlet II.ii – 1600], and the word Generali refers
to the general public. Caviare is an acquired taste.) Going like two at a digby [a
small herring caught and cured at Digby, NS, sometimes called a Digby chicken].
Peter Richard Wilkinson, 2008
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Sam Slick's wise saws and modern instances: or, What he ...
Why there aint nothin' like a ' Digby chicken,' hardly anywhere. Further up the bay
they are still fatter, but they don't know how to cure them as the Digby boys do." "
What they feed on," said Cutler, " I never could discover, for 1 have opened ...
Thomas Chandler Haliburton, 1853
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIGBY CHICKEN»
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... snobby dry wit, but also has the ability to play just about any character as we saw when he was “Ginger” in the Sir Digby Chicken Cesar skits. «Lightly Buzzed, Aug 14»
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Sir Digby Chicken Caesar; The Joker vs. Lex Luthor — Easily the most memorable of the stories in the collection, “Luthor– You're Driving Me ... «Batman-News, Dec 13»
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'Live Without Love' urges the powers that be to puff-puff-pass so world peace can prevail, 'Memorise' cherishes a floating-on-air feeling, 'Sir Digby Chicken ... «Clash Magazine, Oct 12»
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Find out in the next enthralling instalment of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar”. Very Punny. Wouldn't that be Z-Town ?? Mission Accomplished. «ARL now, Sep 12»
Lucy Liu and Jonny Lee Miller shoot new Sherlock Holmes TV …
And now the surprising adventures of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar!... 18. 12. Click to rate. Alice, New York, NY, 2 years ago. I saw her in Soho ... «Daily Mail, Aug 12»
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Basically it's “What if Hancock was good”, and in many ways a super powered version of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar. With a touch of the Frank ... «Bleeding Cool News, May 12»
[Now Streaming] Your 'Super 8,' 'Troll Hunter,' 'The Trip' & 'Just Like …
... recurring sketches as the confounding game show “Numberwang” and the jaunty but ludicrous adventures of “Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.” —. «The Film Stage, Jun 11»
That Mitchell and Webb Look: "It has the boldness to be eclectic"
“A lot of material comes from things that annoy us,” Mitchell explains, but even that doesn't cover, say, the lunacy of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 10»
