Moving quickly; spec. in the process of running; at a running pace. Later also: while running.
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Speaker: Eh? Interviewer: What about the cattle? Speaker: Well, the cattle is more to come-on the run anytime, you-see, it depends on the way they're fed and in the house |
In heat |
N/A
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Well I was on the wag you-know for with helping with the selling things and you-know and the- the store sort-of-thing and of-course you take this thing around all afternoon you-know and then books |
Work that involves travelling, perhaps on a wagon. |
A person who looks on; an observer, a spectator.
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Speaker: And ah, because of that, he was a neighbour so he knew all the kids and-whatever. And I remember this bunch of kids get into trouble one day at noon. Interviewer: What do you think they did? Speaker: I can't remember like I think I was a on-looker because I was sort of in the middle, I was in the middle class. So it was, you-know, the older kids and being an on-looker, you were guilty as being there. So anyway we came in and of course everybody had to take their turn and |
A person who looks on; an observer, a spectator. |
N/A
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Speaker: Yeah. Valve replacement. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: Well you seem very fit. Speaker: (laughs) Well I'm just- I got one foot in the grave and the other on a banana skin, dear. Interviewer: (laughs). Speaker: I'm not in very good shape at all. No, I'm not in good shape. I keep going, that's all. Yeah. |
Near death. |
N/A
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I've got- I got one French leg |
to be a small part French |
to match one's personal style, taste, or preference; to form part of one's interest, preoccupation, or area of expertise. Usually in negative contexts.
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And- and ah they- they were all bringing cowboy stuff and-that and I thought well that's not my bag. |
to match one's personal style, taste, or preference;to form part of one's interest, preoccupation, or area of expertise. |
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Speaker: So, like I said, because I went into the workforce so young and got involved in a lot of that stuff, uh - or into the w-- uh, uh - got involved in the workforce, I didn't get involved into these, uh, parties and stuff like that, uh- Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: -uh, I never - I n-- I never bothered with that sort of stuff, it - it just wasn't my, uh - I was gonna say my bag. |
to match one's personal style, taste, or preference;to form part of one's interest, preoccupation, or area of expertise. |
I never- I n-- I never bothered with that sort of stuff, it- it just wasn't my, ah- I was going to say my bag (laughs). See, I have sayings too (laughs). |
to match one's personal style, taste, or preference;to form part of one's interest, preoccupation, or area of expertise. |
N/A
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Interviewer: So when they were calling, what kind of phone would be in a- a home or a business? What would it look like? Speaker: Probably- you know the old one box? Interviewer: Yeah, they didn't have- yeah, yeah. Interviewer: Oh, with the cranks on the side. |
Type of phone |
Large or unlimited quantities; a very great number or amount of something
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Ah jus-- just the rides now, you-know back in my day you didn't- like nowadays you-know kids get to do so much right, in my days money was you-know restricted and you maybe- even when I was raising my kids, you-know I only- they got one game, one ride, and one treat. And- and now you just go and you can spend oodles. Hundreds of dollars at a fair you-know. |
Lots |
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Yeah it was in the last three years that somebody- nobody applied for it. Yeah. Now this year they said they had oodles. Yeah. |
Lots |
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But the one- that was my mom's. I di-- I did that for her. And the one out there. I-mean I've got oodles of them but since we re-did the house, they're in closets. |
Lots |
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Speaker: Yeah, they herding the cows, yeah. Interviewer: And cats? Farm cats or- Speaker: Oodles of cats. |
Lots |
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And we would have oodles of them, you-know? |
Large or unlimited quantities; a very great number or amount of something. |
N/A
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Speaker:? So there's a lot of Aboriginals there and so she has to be careful that she's- speaks politically correct but then the Aboriginals there have their own- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Yeah and then because now she's in the men mining industry, opposed to her office- so I think i-- it's it- it's not- it has to do with your culture but it also has to do with your standing. Are you a low-class person, are you a middle-class person, are you a high-class person. |
"as opposed to" |
male nurse
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Interviewer: So how did you guys meet? Speaker: How did I meet my first husband? Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: I've been married twice. I met my first husband through um orderlies at the hospital at Oshawa-General. Interviewer: What's that? I don't know what that means. Speaker: An orderly? Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Um, like male nurses. |
male nurse |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
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Speaker 2: Depression area. Speaker: (inc.) as if you speak (inc.) like when Dolores speaks about the depression out west. They were hit so much harder than (inc.) |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Interviewer: Do you know when he came to Canada? Speaker: Well a few years before that. I don't know just what year, no. Interviewer: What did he do when he first came here? Speaker: When he first came here he went out west and he wanted ah, to be in the same type of business but he ended up as a cowboy for a short time which he didn't like. It wasn't long 'till he come back to Ontario. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Speaker: We used to know every name of the places over in Canada and Massey-Harris they were Toronto, Brantford, Canada, you-know it was written right on the machinery. Interviewer: So that's how you learned your Canadian geography? Speaker: You-bet-you we did and out west we knew all the names of the towns out west, Swift-Current, Medicine-Hat. We thought that was comical names and we could rhyme them right off. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
They were nice fellows too you-know. Smartly dressed, on Sundays they'd come down with their civilian clothes on you-know, there weren't any, just as neat as a pin. They weren't rough either, they were from out west some of them, Saskatchewan and Montreal, French speaking fellows from Montreal, they were all working there. We had a great time with the French fellows. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |