tal qualadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌtal ˈkwal/,

/ˈtal ˌkwal/, U.S.

/ˈtæl ˌkwæl/,

/ˌtæl ˈkwæl/, Canadian English

/ˈtæl ˌkwæl/,

/ˌtæl ˈkwæl/

Forms: Also talqual.

Etymology: Shortened from Latin talis qualis such as, of which sort or quality.

Newfoundland.

‘Just as they come’: used with reference to fish sold without sorting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [adverb] > sold without sorting

tal qual1732

1732 in Cal. State Papers, Amer. & W. Indies (1939) 282 And by carrying a mixt cargoe which is all sold at markett for marchantable fish, when it's only (what in the stile of the fisherman is called Tal Qual) to the shoarmen.

c1894 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 557/1 Tal qual, sometimes called all qualls, fish bought without culling is clearly the Latin talis qualis, ‘such as it is’.

1928 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 557/1 [He] said that tal qual fish was $8.20.

1930 W. F. Coaker Hist. Fishermen's Protective Union of Newfoundland 30 Fish would not have advanced beyond $5.30 taqual [sic] this season if the F.P.U. did not exist.

1934 Rep. Newfoundland Royal Comm. 105 in Parl. Papers 1933–4 (Cd. 4480) XIV. 357 During the war years, quantity rather than quality became the ruling consideration; the ‘cull’ was therefore dispensed with and fish were bought on what is known as the ‘talqual’ system, viz., an average price was fixed for the whole of a fisherman's catch without any exact regard to the varying qualities of the fish comprising the catch.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tal qual
释义	tal qualadv.adj. Brit. /ˌtal ˈkwal/, /ˈtal ˌkwal/, U.S. /ˈtæl ˌkwæl/, /ˌtæl ˈkwæl/, Canadian English /ˈtæl ˌkwæl/, /ˌtæl ˈkwæl/ Forms: Also talqual. Etymology: Shortened from Latin talis qualis such as, of which sort or quality. Newfoundland. ‘Just as they come’: used with reference to fish sold without sorting. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [adverb] > sold without sorting tal qual1732 1732 in Cal. State Papers, Amer. & W. Indies (1939) 282 And by carrying a mixt cargoe which is all sold at markett for marchantable fish, when it's only (what in the stile of the fisherman is called Tal Qual) to the shoarmen. c1894 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 557/1 Tal qual, sometimes called all qualls, fish bought without culling is clearly the Latin talis qualis, ‘such as it is’. 1928 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 557/1 [He] said that tal qual fish was $8.20. 1930 W. F. Coaker Hist. Fishermen's Protective Union of Newfoundland 30 Fish would not have advanced beyond $5.30 taqual [sic] this season if the F.P.U. did not exist. 1934 Rep. Newfoundland Royal Comm. 105 in Parl. Papers 1933–4 (Cd. 4480) XIV. 357 During the war years, quantity rather than quality became the ruling consideration; the ‘cull’ was therefore dispensed with and fish were bought on what is known as the ‘talqual’ system, viz., an average price was fixed for the whole of a fisherman's catch without any exact regard to the varying qualities of the fish comprising the catch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1732
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