Newfie colloq.
(ˈnjuːfɪ, ˈnuːfɪ)
[Hypocoristic, f. Newfoundland, Newfoundlander: see -ie.]
Newfoundland; a Newfoundlander. Also attrib. or as adj.
| 1942 Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §49/4 Newfie, New Foundland [sic]. Ibid. §385/5 Newfie, Newfier, a Newfoundlander. 1945 W. H. Pugsley Saints, Sinners & Ordinary Seamen 81 This certainly is a change after those winters off Sydney and Newfie. 1958 In Flight (Montreal) Summer 8/1 Cod fishing has..long been synonymous with Newfoundland, but today the canny ‘Newfies’ are no longer putting all their economic eggs in one basket. 1963 R. I. McDavid Mencken's Amer. Lang. 166 Colonial days, when rum was actually the chief tipple of American dipsomaniacs... It still is in Newfoundland, where screech or Newfie screech designates the cheapest grade. 1965 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 29 Jan. 7/6 Nobody in Newfie..underestimates Joey Smallwood's abilities as a propagandist. Ibid. 7 Dec. 6/4, I described a rail trip (on the famous Newfie Bullet) through the great dead heart of the island-province. 1971 S. E. Morison European Discovery Amer.: Northern Voy. vi. 180 The rocky surface of eastern Newfoundland is full of small depressions..; swarms of mosquitoes breed therein and make life miserable for all but most hardened ‘Newfies’. 1972 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 24 June 10/4 It was Newfie entertainment at its best. |