DCHP-3

jewellery

Slang
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Lumbering

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Quotations

1942
jewelry--rigging, hooks, knobs, etc.
2n. — Northwest

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Quotations

1963
He climbs out and puts on the "jewelry"--the tire chains--and we wait till the pilgrim is untangled and on his way . . . It is slow going, with or without the jewelry, but we pull into Dawson Creek, on schedule as usual.