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Back-Country Tales choose

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[NZ] (con. 1925) L. Masters Back-Country Tales 256: Bad cess to you [...] May ould Scratch himself take you.
at bad cess to you! (excl.) under bad, adj.
[NZ] (con. 1925) L. Masters Back-Country Tales 255: I was only the drummer (slowest shearer) of that particular gang.
at drummer, n.5
[NZ] (con. 1925) L. Masters Back-Country Tales 257: Arthur Sykes [...] was known of course as the Big Gun (very fast shearer).
at big gun (n.) under gun, n.1
[NZ] (con. 1925) L. Masters Back-Country Tales 256: An Irishman who soon became known as Jim the mag. artist. Jim was a great yarn spinner.
at mag, n.5
[NZ] (con. 1925) L. Masters Back-Country Tales 257: He was a nuggety built man about 5 ft. 7ins. in height.
at nuggety, adj.
[NZ] (con. 1925) L. Masters Back-Country Tales 256: Bad cess to you [...] May ould Scratch himself take you.
at old Scratch (n.) under old, adj.
[NZ] (con. 1925) L. Masters Back-Country Tales 259: There is a new ringer (fastest shearer) at The Lakes.
at ringer, n.
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