southern a, av
3 Comb ~ man: inhabitant of Newfoundland coast south of Cape Bonavista, esp the 'southern coast'; cp NORTHERN MAN, ~ shore.
1984 KELLAND 111 The grudge against the dory persisted [on the northern coast] until about twenty-five years ago, when the men of northern Newfoundland commenced to buy schooners from the southern men. 1989 Evening Telegram 5 Jan, p. 1 In the Southern Shore community of Ferryland, two families left their flooded homes this morning after a breakwater broke.
