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Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 201: To be stonkered is to be exhausted, outwitted, defeated, drunk, in dire trouble.at stonkered, adj.
Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 201: To be stonkered is to be exhausted, outwitted, defeated, drunk, in dire trouble. Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 77: few, a Too many beers; have a few in, drunk. ANZ from early C20.at few, a, n.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].at shingle short, a, adj.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].at in more strife than a pork chop at a synagogue under pork chop at a Jewish wedding, phr.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].at wrung out (like a dishcloth), adj.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].at chug-a-lug, n.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 72: easy as carrying a kerosene tin full of cowshit uphill on your head. Not easy. easy as hooking an eel with a blunt pin Definitely not easy. easy as pushing shit uphill with a pointed stick/a rubber fork Pretty difficult. ANZ. easy as shoving a pound of butter up a cow’s bum with a size 5 knitting needle on a hot day Extremely difficult. like pushing butter uphill with a hot needle Not easy. like pushing shit uphill with the end of your nose Not easy and not pleasant.at easy as pushing shit uphill (with a pointed stick), adj.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 9: a into g Arse into gear, usually intended to advise a hurry up. [Ibid.] 86: get your a into g/arse into gear Command to start doing something quickly.at get one’s a into g (v.) under a, n.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 127: like a daisy in a bull’s mouth Tasty morsel [...] like a dog golloping tripe Noisy sexual activity. [...] like a dog lying on a bag of nails Unhappy. [...] like a hawk in an onion sack Very uncomfortable. [...] like a maggot on a hot plate Fidgety.at like a..., phr.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 135: miserable as a shag on a rock Forlorn or depressed. ANZ.at like a shag on a rock under like a..., phr.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 136: mopey as a wet hen Glum and aimless. ANZ mid C20.at mopey as a wet hen, adj.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].at two shakes of a lamb’s tail, phr.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 146: off like a bride’s nightie/a larrikin’s hat in a high wind/a robber’s dog [...] Swift departure. ANZ mid C20.at off like a robber’s dog under off like a..., phr.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 185: shit a brick!/shit a brick and fart a crowbar Extreme exclamation. ANZ c.1925. [...] shit a brick and build a house Exclamation, often at unexpected good luck.at shit a brick!, excl.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 187: short of a sheet of bark Mentally deficient. ANZ.at short of a sheet, phr.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].at like a pakapoo ticket under like a..., phr.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 10: all hunched up like a dog on a bag of staples Looking extremely uncomfortable.at all hunched up like a dog on a bag of staples, phr.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 144: not give a rat’s arse Total indifference.at not give a rat’s ass, v.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 146: off like a bride’s nightie/a larrikin’s hat in a high wind [...] Swift departure. ANZ mid C20.at off like a bride’s nightie under off like a..., phr.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl.at bastards on a raft, n.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].at hang of a, phr.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 159: plunk a baby Give birth, a tribute to the Plunket Society’s dedication to all Kiwi newcomers. Variations are to get plunked, get trubied after Plunket founder Sir Truby King, and get karitanied after the founding place of the society outside Dunedin. To be plunked is to be pregnant. A plunket shield was a contraceptive sheath, playing on the name of the premier local cricket trophy.at plunk a baby, v.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].at A.B., n.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].at abfab, adj.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl.at acre, n.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].at do a brown (act) (v.) under act, n.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl.at after dinner mint, n.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl.at afto, n.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 148: one for your duckhouse roof A setback or snub. Derives from the Australian habit of chalking up a score on the duckhouse roof or wall, denoting a delay or defeat.at up against one’s duckhouse under up against, phr.
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 9: aggies Panties (underpants), as in ‘agapanthus’ plant.at aggies, n.
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