10 LIVRES EN ANGLAIS EN RAPPORT AVEC «GAMMERSTANG»
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gammerstang dans la sélection bibliographique suivante. Des livres en rapport avec
gammerstang et de courts extraits de ceux-ci pour replacer dans son contexte son utilisation littéraire.
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Yks.Lan. [ga'n1a(r)sta|].] A tall, awkward person, a hoyden; an idle girl of loose
manners. Cum. Thow warse then Ralf, that garrac gammerstang, RITSON
Pastoral Dial. (ed. 18491 6; But Cursty, souple gammerstang, ANDERSON
Ballads (ed.
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How to Talk Like a Local: From Cockney to Geordie, a ...
gammerstang. a tall, awkward woman (Yorkshire and the North; Scotland). The
word gammer was once a rustic term for an old woman, and is probably a
corruption of grandmother (the male equivalent was gaffer). A stang, meanwhile,
simply ...
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Ballads in the Cumberland Dialect ... with notes, and a glossary
G Gow, go Ga, to go Gowd i' gowpens, gold Gairn, yarn in handfuls Gam, game
Gowdspink, a goldfinch Gamlers, gamblers Gowk, the cuckoo; a Gammerstang, a
tall thoughtless, ignorant awkward person, of fellow, who harps too bad gait long
...
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Westmoreland and Cumberland Dialects. Dialogues Poems, Songs ...
Hizz Langbrough lads can bang them.” “ Wa nay,” quo' Strang' weyfe, “ that's a
lee, “ For theer' our Wull amang them.” What matter,—when sword dance com' on
They lockt an' meade a bummel, For Wulliam Strang—girt gammerstang !
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The folk-speech of Cumberland and some districts adjacent; ...
... gammerstang, Ned Wilson brong his lug a whang." Anderson. The Worton
Wedding. Lum, S, chimney. " Sic reek as is therein maun come out at the lum's
top." Proverb. Laigh, S, low. " She lookit hiche to the bodynge hill, An' laighe to
the ...
Alexander Craig Gibson,
1869
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A Pastoral Dialogue in the Cumberland Dialect [from ...
... Thou worse then Ralf, that garrac gammerstang, A parfect sweepless, muck up
tull his eeu, With clouted clogs, and sark nut ow'r clean ; Besides he's gleed, and
swavels as he gangs, Chews 'bacca, tua, and shows his yellow fangs.
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Ballads in the Cumberland Dialect
... woman Fuil, fool Furbelows, useless silks, frills, organzes, of a female dress
Furst, first Fuss, bustle Fwoal, foal Fworc'd, forc'd Fwolk,'folk qurm, a form,'a bent-
h G , Ga, to go Gaen, gone Gam, game Gamlers, gamblers Gammerstang, a tall ...
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Specimens of the Westmorland Dialect
Na, na,” ses Fadder, “t' girt gammerstang wad mebby hap them o' owre, than
thear wad be an end 0' them 0' togidder.” “ \Vey than,” ses Mudder, “ can't Willy ga
ta Whitten wi' t' pigs—let him, man, his-sol, he'll niver larn yunger, an' I's sure he's
...
Thomas Clarke, William Bowness, Robert Southey,
1872
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A Glossary of the Words and Phrases of Cumberland
Gammerstang, G, a tall, awkward person. Gangrel, G, a tramp, a vagabond. Gang
thy ways, C ; this merely signifies " go," and is becoming obsolete. " Gang thy
ways an' fetch watter." Gar, G, to compel. " Aal gar tha gang." Scand. giora. Gam,
C ...
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The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland, to which are Added ...
... _ He'd kiss Jen Jakes, for auld lang seyne, And fearfu' wark meade he ; "'
Vastly shocking. 1' Such grievous. I Swine. But Cursty, souple gammerstang! Ned
Wulson brong his lug a 300 Roberz' /1 nderson,
2 ACTUALITÉS CONTENANT LE TERME «GAMMERSTANG»
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gammerstang est employé dans le contexte des actualités suivantes.
From plitter to drabbletail: the words we love
... much or, more usually, for promiscuity – nazz‑moll, trail-tripe, gadabout, flappysket, drabbletail and gammerstang were all ways of saying it. «The Guardian, mai 15»
Bellygods and gigoles tell our story in food
A Long Meg was an insulting nickname for a tall, thin woman – a "gammerstang". Hard, gaunt features were also the hallmark of a "pinchbeck" ... «The Independent, févr 13»