Jersey references from a dictionary of Newfoundland English

Jersey references
from a dictionary of
Newfoundland English

We found these references to Jersey in a
Dictionary of Newfoundland English

• jersey n [= Channel Islands, esp Jersey]. Attrib jersey fish: cod-fish caught and cured in Newfoundland and Labrador by entrepreneurs from the Channel Islands.

1892 Christmas Review: In the old days he was the owner's right-hand man, looked after his cargo and its quality (Jersey fish always had a good reputation), attended well to his sales abroad, a bold navigator, splendid sailor, honest, upright servant.

• jersey house: a mercantile firm of the Channel Islands engaged in fishing operations in Newfoundland.

1832 McGregor: There are six or seven English houses, and four or five Jersey houses, established at Labrador. 1891 Holly Branch 20 Fortunately, a cannon was on the premises, used by the 'Jersey house' on state occasions.

• jersey man: Channel Islands migratory fisherman or settler.

1832 McGregor: Half of these people [living year-round on the Labrador] are Jerseymen and Canadians, most of whom have families. 1895 Prowse: A large number of English and Irish went home every autumn, and returned in the spring; Jersey men always left. 1941 Withington: My first day 'On the Rock' Mr Thomas Morel paid a call. He was the last representative of the Jerseymen who had controlled the fisheries for over a hundred years. They got into this fight Christmas morning; the Jerseymen used to stay in the cook-room. 1975 Evening Telegram: The name 'Jerseymen' is given to all the fishermen from the Channel Islands who frequented Newfoundland.

• jersey room: a tract of land on the waterfront of a cove or harbour, together with its facilities, from which the fishery is conducted by Channel Islanders.

1891 Holly Branch: Very soon a light was seen in the upper-hall of 'Jersey-room.' These fishing establishments were called 'rooms,' and it was quite usual in this country to speak of them as 'Jersey rooms', no matter whether the proprietors belonged to Jersey or Guernsey. 1919 Greenfell: All the Government did was to offer Captain Fordland, who fished the big Jersey rooms across near Isle au Loup on Labrador, another hundred dollars. 1941 Withington: He was the last representative of the Jerseymen who had controlled the fisheries for over a hundred years, and the proprietor of the only remaining Isle of Jersey Room on the coast.

• jersey ship: Channel Islands fishing vessel.

1895 Prowse: carried him and his goods aboard a Jersey ship laden with fish and sailed northwards.

• jerseyside: part of a bay or harbour customarily used or frequented by Channel Islands fishermen.

1971 Seary: 'Side,' in the sense 'A region, district, or the inhabitants of this,' occurs in Jerseyside.