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nunny bag Newfoundland.|ˈnʌnɪ bæg|
Also nonny bag.
[f. Eng. dial. noony meal at noon + bag n.]
A kind of haversack, often made of sealskin.
1842J. B. Jukes Excursions in Newfoundland II. 146 Having determined to return, we hung up in the tilt a ‘nunny bag’ full of bread. 1895Dialect Notes I. 380 Nunny bag, lunch bag; usually made of a piece of sealskin, and used by sealers when they go off for a day. 1919W. T. Grenfell Labrador Doctor 90 Our sealers carry dry oatmeal and sugar in their ‘nonny bags’, which, mixed with snow, assuage their thirst and hunger as well. 1925Dialect Notes V. 337 Nonny bag, a small knapsack to carry out on the ice; ditty bag. 1944H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. 419/1 Nunny bag, a lunch bag, usually of sealskin. 1961Maclean's Mag. 28 Jan. 47/2 He clawed through his nunny-bag till he found a bit of oatmeal. |