10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STUBBLE-JUMPER»
Discover the use of
stubble-jumper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
stubble-jumper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A
Stubble-
jumper in Striped Pants: Memoirs of a Prairie Diplomat
Humorous, sharply written, and frank, the events recounted in these recollections include a first-hand account of the growing depth and complexity of Canada's postwar relations with Asia.
2
Debates: Official Report
... to crews, certificate of service as able seaman, and penalties for undermanning
. At the present time, on the coast for example, a company can hire some stubble
jumper and put him on board. He does not know anything about the work at all.
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, 1948
3
Weird Canadian Words: How to Speak Canadian
Anorak, butter tart, ballicatter, kayak, stubby, toonie--these are familiar Canadian words.
Music Publishers: Dreamworks; Stubble Jumper Music. Record Company:
Dreamworks Records, Nashville. Booking Agent: Creative Artist. j. englishman
Style of Music: Rock. Management Company: Robert Luhtala Management (RLM
).
The send -up man was a scissor-bill stubble- jumper that the startin' bar had sent
out. He sent me up a swell-butted schoolmarm. It slewed cat-a- wampus and
gunned. I told him to give 'er a Saginaw, but he give 'er a St. Croiz and she
gunned ...
6
The Fourth Morningside Papers
As my mother says, "Once a stubble jumper, always a stubble jumper." Michelle
Kennedy Vancouver Egl I heard the letter written by Michelle Kennedy. I was
deeply moved by the way she spoke of her parents and what they meant to her
and ...
7
Hodgins ... kindred forever
"Stubble- Jumpers," shrilled Tom from the sidelines, "Well, I never: that's the first
time I have ever been called a "Stubble-Jumper". The widespread laughter
thereafter seemed to relieve the tension and the argument was apparently
forgotten.
8
The United Service Magazine
The gunner is also a “ Karrenschieber,” or “ barrow-man.” The foot soldier is
called a “ Sandlatscher,” or “ sand-sloper ; ” a “Stoppelhopser,” or “stubble-
jumper;" a “Furchenhopser,” or “furrow-jumper;" a “Kartofl'elhopser,” or “potato-
jumper;" a ...
9
Words Apart: The Language of Prejudice
Stump-jumper, gully-jumper and stubble-jumper, varying only as to the object
leaped, all have much the same role. Both cracker and ridgerunner began life as
dialect terms indicating a native of a particular part of America, before in ...
... stubble jumper" and "The Molly Macguires were here." The latter was a
reference to the secret organization of coal miners that committed acts of
terrorism in West Virginia and Pennsylvania from 1862-1876. On The Third
Suspect.
David Staples, Greg Owens, 1995
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STUBBLE-JUMPER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
stubble-jumper is used in the context of the following news items.
French government venerates veteran
He focused on school and chores and played with the other children in the grain fields, which got him the reputation for being a “stubble-jumper.” In 1941, a few ... «Airdrie Echo, Mar 15»
Familiar house for curler Sherry Middaugh
I'll always be a stubble-jumper." Middaugh and rink-mates Jo-Ann Rizzo, Leigh Armstrong and Lee Merklinger would be considered the favourites to win the ... «Toronto Sun, Jan 15»
He's got 21 convertibles - but who's counting?
A Manitoba-born "stubble-jumper" who's now 63, he left home at 15 to work in the oil industry and spent about 25 years drilling for the stuff, mostly in faraway ... «Globe and Mail, Dec 09»
Tricia Helfer: farm girl with a whip
But despite that, she clearly hasn't forgotten her humble, stubble-jumper roots. Reached at home in Calgary, Cuffley recalls Helfer arriving on the set of Walk All ... «Georgia Straight, Nov 07»
