10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «NUNNY BAG»
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Dictionary of Newfoundland English
2 Comb nunch-bag. nunchy: small canvas bag used to carry food, etc; NUNNY-
BAG. [c!900] 1978 RLS 8, p. 26 Nunny or nunchy bag. Made of seal-skin, usually
skinned round, used for carrying grub on back when travelling. 1924 ENGLAND ...
George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, 1990
2
ITS PEOPLES, ITS INDUSTRIES AND ITS NATURAL HISTORY
168 A "NUNNY BAG." — COSSACKS. pieces of skin running from top to bottom),
with ear flaps and strings to tie beneath the chin. Secondly, a hunting or " nunny
bag," to sling over the shoulders and carry the provisions or any articles of use or
...
3
Newfoundland and Its Missionaries ...: To which is Added a ...
Each man had a nunny-bag, which is a kind of knapsack, made of seal-skin, with
the two fore-fippers passing over the shoulders, and tied across the breast with a
piece of cod-line. In our nunny-bag, we carried dry stockings, a change of linen, ...
Rev. William Wilson, 1866
4
Occasional papers. Index to no
On one's back one carries a knap-sack, the local name for which is a "nunny bag.
" This is generally a seal skin almost in its natural shape, with an opening in the
neck. In this go the surplice, stole, cassock, books, communion set, and a change
...
Canterbury city, st. Augustine's missionary coll, 1876
5
Excursions in and about Newfoundland, During the Years 1839 ...
... mouth, by going from Badger Bay to some large ponds in its neighbourhood,
and descending a brook that flows into the river Exploits at a point about ten
miles above the falls. Having determined to return, we hung up in the tilt a "nunny
bag" ...
6
Secret of the Night Ponies
dad attached his rope to the nunny bag and then went to the edge of the cliff. “We'
re sending down blankets!” he yelled through cupped hands. He turned to me. “
Jessie, you hold the light on the bag as it drops.” I did as I was told and watched ...
7
Sealskin Boots and a Printing Press - Piecing Together the ...
After cutting log and getting on the komatik Mr. B-t went to Scout Brook. On the
way out Josh and I lost our nunny bag (lunch bag) as Labradors call it. Mr. B-t
came at 3 p.m. John Davis came in going home. Stayed all night. April 21th: Fine
day.
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American Language Supplement 2
... unawares; hand-signment, signature; huggerum buff, fish and potatoes fried in
cakes; to play jig or to slunk, to play truant; leaf, the brim of a hat; livier, a
merchant or trader; nippent, merry; nunny-bag, a bag for holding lunch; prog,
food; puck, ...
9
Jessie Luther at the Grenfell Mission
March 6th Dr. Grenfell labored with Walter until late last night without satisfactory
result. This morning, he asked Dr. Little and me to take him to the deer camp.
Walter carried his own nunny-bag on his back, Dr. Little having tested its weight
to ...
He had thickly curled sideburns, a head of thinning hair showing pale scalp. He
carried a nunny-bag packed with food and clean stockings, a costril of spruce
beer tied at his waist. He squatted where depressions in the moss indicated the
path ...
