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[NZ] Otago Daily Times 28 Aug. 4/4: A good deal was said about the ‘new iniquity’ and of their ignorance concerning the value of property.
at new iniquity (n.) under new, adj.
[NZ] Otago Daily Times 15 Apr. 5/2: Among the numerous late arrivals in Otago there is a too general tendency to disparage the older settlers [...] and to apply to them in a semi-contemptuouis manner, a phrase which one ol themselves once employed in the sincerity of his heart, — ‘the old identity’.
at old identity (n.) under old, adj.
[NZ] Otago Daily Times 16 Apr. 2/5: One day a ‘jackaroo’ was cleaning the carbines, and carefully pointed one at the head of a friend. I told him to point them up always when handling them.
at jackaroo, n.
[NZ] Otago Daily Times 27 Jan. 3/1: He felt at liberty to say that[...] he, an old identity, had beat all the ‘new iniquity,’ with all their boasted enterprise and spirit.
at new iniquity (n.) under new, adj.
[NZ] Otago Daily Times 20 July 2: About 100 persons assembled [...] to hear a lecture, entitled ‘The Experience of a Jackaroo,’ [...] The lecturer, after explaining that a ‘jackaroo’ meant ‘a new chum’ related his experiences of station life in Queensland after coming to that colony from Home.
at jackaroo, n.
[NZ] Otago Daily Times 8/7: [advt] Boord’s Old Tom.
at old tom, n.
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