Piney Talk

The following words were common 200 years ago in the Pine Barrens. They are courtesy of the book Pine Barrens, Legends, Lore and Lies.

 

Antmires - Ants

A Point - A fork in the road

Beant Going - I am going

Can't rightly see - Cannot understand

Foreign Man - Jersey Shore language, anyone from the inland

Gollykeeper - South Jersey cuss word of the 1800's

Hero behind the stove - One who talks more bravely than he acts

Jagged Fingernail - A stepmother

Muster - Childbirth

Nooin - Taking time off for lunch

Pretty Middling Smart - Feeling good

Rat-tanning - Spanking

Shacklin - A lazy person

Snew - Gloucester County

 

 

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