- (n) The green woodpecker or it's call. (Onomatopoeic from its call.) hence ...
- (n & v) The call of the green woodpecker and also ..
- (n & v) A bark, a yelp.
- (n) (Newfoundland dialect) A handful; an armful, esp. of dried fish or kindling. hence ...
- (v) To gather up (a load of fish, etc.) in one's arms.
- (v) To eat or drink, esp. noisily or greedily.
I do, of course - but I was more familiar with the word yaffingale when younger.
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