1885 Hawera & Normanby Star (N.Z.) 27 Apr. 3/1: The Government never thanks you when it takes your money, and to be consistent it must discourage ‘that sort of thing, you know’.at you know, phr.
1906 Hawera and Normanby Star (NZ) 27 Nov. 2/5: Robert Whetson, brewer, an old identity, is dead, aged 79.at old identity (n.) under old, adj.
1918 Hawera & Normanby Star (N.Z.) 13 June 6: [heading] What Is a Coffee Cooler? Americans have coined a new name for officers and men holding soft jobs.at coffee-cooler (n.) under coffee, n.
1920 Hawera & Normanby Star (NZ) 27 Nov. 3/3: Caporetto was the Italian St Quentin; to ‘come a Cadorna’ became one rendering of a homely phrase with the Australian troops.at come a Cadorna (v.) under come, v.3