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merner'skwery

Dictionary entry

merner'skwery • vn • pull the skin off a fish

Lexicon record # 1893 | Source reference(s): R224
Semantic domain: hunting and fishing

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Merner'skwery.
    It (salmon skin) is cooked over the fire.

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    — Glenn Moore, Sentences (JB-03-1) (JB-03-1, 2002)

  2. Kue nepuy 'ue-'wers hr merner'skwery 'ue-koosee pemey kue 'we-luehl.
    Where they had pulled off the salmon skin their mouths were all grease.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)

  3. Kue nepuy 'ue-'wers ho merner'skwery 'ue-koosee pemey kue 'we-luehl.
    Where they had pulled off the salmon skin their mouths were all grease.

    — Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)