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Thread #168321   Message #4066629
Posted By: Jack Campin
30-Jul-20 - 06:57 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: translations from Inspector Gently
Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from Inspector Gently
A chandler is a dealer in maritime supplies. The idea of "chandle" as a regular verb is whimsy.

"Dorck" is odd - must mean "dock" but no Scots dialect would modify the word that way.

Anderson shelters had a standard design, a hutch of corrugated iron which during the war was piled over with turf. Many of them survive - there must be dozens in my village alone - they make useful garden sheds. There must be websites and Facebook groups about them.