Dictionary of Cape Breton English /

Dictionary of Cape Breton English /

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Biff and whiff, baker's fog and lu'sknikn, pie social and milling frolic - these are just a few examples of the distinctive language of Cape Breton Island, where a puck is a forceful blow and a Cape Breton pork pie is filled with dates, not pork.The first regional dictionary devoted to the...

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Main Authors: Davey, William John (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.), MacKinnon, Richard P. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Nova Scotia > Cape Breton Island > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
English language > Nova Scotia > Cape Breton Island > Dictionaries
Popular culture > Nova Scotia > Cape Breton Island > Dictionaries
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