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[NZ] Ellesmere Guardian 27 May 4/3: ‘Fair the dink’, Square and above board.
at dink, adj.1
[NZ] Ellesmere Guardian 27 May 4/3: ‘We Dook the Duke‘ meant We shake hands with the Duke.
at duke, v.1
[NZ] Ellesmere Guardian 27 May 4/3: ‘Close your gate,’ Shut your mouth.
at gate, n.
[NZ] Ellesmere Guardian 27 May 4/3: ‘My Colonial,’ Oath of affirmation.
at my colonial oath! (excl.) under my oath!, excl.
[NZ] Ellesmere Guardian 27 May 4/3: ‘I squinted the D’s’ I saw the police.
at squint, n.
[NZ] Ellesmere Guardian (N.Z.) 29 Mar. 6/3: That there Sir flamin’ Walter Thorley owns half Australia.
at flaming, adj.2
[NZ] Ellesmere Guardian (N.Z.) 7 Apr. 4/3: ‘Bill Massey’s’ were not exactly the kind of footwear to tread on polished lino.
at Bill Massey’s, n.
[NZ] Ellesmere Guardian (Canterbury) 8 Feb. 2/2: You should look after your tit-for-tat.
at tit for tat, n.
[NZ] Ellesmere Guardian (Canterbury) 8 Feb. 2/2: A cobber [...] who went back to New Zealand perhaps, as a ‘homer’.
at homer, n.2
[NZ] Ellesmere Guardian (Canterbury) 8 Feb. 2/2: When a thing or a person is all ready and a-rearing togo, it is customary to say it or he is ‘jacked up’.
at jacked (up), adj.
[NZ] Ellesmere Guardian (Canterbury) 8 Feb. 2/2: Some phrases [...] ‘doing your scone’ for evincing anger.
at do one’s scone (v.) under scone, n.2
[NZ] Ellesmere Guardian (Canterbury) 8 Feb. 2/2: This is no gibberish, nor is it a sign that the speakers are ‘troppo’.
at troppo, adj.
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