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The Return of Joe and other New Zealand Stories choose

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[NZ] W.H. Koebel ‘Bush Town Funeral’ in Return of Joe 224: The man had been a good ‘Pakeha’.
at P?keh?, n.
[NZ] W.H. Koebel Return of Joe 11: The beast of a Charlie! [...] he bucked before I was ready. Not pig-jumped – he bucked hard.
at pig jump (v.) under pig, n.
[NZ] W.H. Koebel Return of Joe 18: No more sundowning for me.
at sundown, v.
[NZ] W.H. Koebel ‘Sunrise & Sunset’ in Return of Joe 238: After them comes a ‘swagger,’ walking with a swing, but handicapped by the pack on his back.
at swagger, n.
[NZ] W.H. Koebel ‘Cockerton’s Farewell’ in Return of Joe 103: He poured out with unsteady hand a liberal ‘tot’ of whisky.
at tot, n.1
[NZ] W.H. Koebel Return of Joe 40: Seems to have knocked some of the wool out of my head already.
at knock the wool out of someone’s head (v.) under wool, n.1
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