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   1 1987 Evening Telegram 27 Apr, p. 7 [tape transcript] Then there were deductions for holes [in the seal pelts]: 10 cents for a single hole, 20 cents for a double hole, maybe 80 cents or a $1 if the fur was burnt.
   2 1986 FELTHAM 54 Heavy salted cod burnt more easily than that which was light salted.
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   [1898] 1985 Evening Telegram 31 Mar, p. 6 'Around 8:30 p.m. there were still about eight pans out and the ship was 'burnt down' until morning, as she was now too deep in the water to risk steaming after nightfall.' 1937 Bk of Nfld ii, 255 "The Old Ship's Medicine Chest": We'll dress your wounds when all burnt-down, the ship at midnight rides. 1985 BUSCH 58 The real work came when the patch was found and the ship was 'burned down in the fat.'

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