单词 | novy |
释义 | novy|ˈnəʊvɪ| Also Novy. Shortened colloq. form of Nova Scotia, used ellipt.: (a) a type of local boat; (b) a person from Nova Scotia.
1885Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. V. 8 The boats used in the ordinary fishing [along the Labrador coast] are of two kinds; those called ‘novies’ or Nova Scotia boats, being long and narrow. 1897Kipling Capt. Cour. vi. 138 ‘Git aout, you Novy!’ To call a Gloucester man a Nova Scotian is not well received. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §385/5 Novy, a Nova Scotian. 1970J. F. Leavitt Wake of Coasters xvii. 165 In deep water parlance, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick vessels were usually spoken of as ‘Bluenoses’, but along the coast they were more frequently called ‘Novies’. |

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