![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand")
N.Z. Herald (Auckland) 30 July 1: Ain’t it a Boncer? What? The Music Box at Jubilee Bazaar, top of Pitt-street.at boncer, n.
N.Z. Herald (Auckland) 30 July 1: Ain’t it a Boncer? What? The Music Box at Jubilee Bazaar, top of Pitt-street. N.Z. Herald 18 Dec. 4: He gave the Toowoomba bowlers what George Giffen used to call ‘Johnny up the Orchard,’ to tho tune of 99 [i.e. runs].at johnny-up the-orchard (n.) under johnny, n.1
N.Z. Herald (Auckland) 3 Apr. 10: When the red and yellow macaw hung head downward from the wires and swore hoarsely in parrot language [...] he said it was ‘bosker’.at bosker, adj.
N.Z. Herald (Auckland)1 Mar. 1: The oldest son, John, left Puhoi [c 1900] when he was 16 to settle in Auckland [...] ‘The expression “up the Buhoi” was said to have originated with him because when he was asked where he came from, that was what he replied in his strong accent – the same pronunciation of the name of our village can still be heard in Puhoi today,’ said Mrs Williams [DNZE].at booai, n.
N.Z. Herald (Auckland) 22 Jan. 2: Car dealers have a collection of jargon they use on the yard, so if you are thinking of taking up selling cars as a career, there are a few terms you should know... ‘Sandwich munchers’ and ‘tyre kickers’ are not very popular in car yards [DNZE].at tyrekicker, n.
N.Z. Herald 25 Nov. 🌐 ‘The Meccano Set’, was used to hang 20 people. The last was convicted poisoner Walter Bolton in 1957.at meccano set, n.
N.Z. Herald 23 Aug. 🌐 The country cannot afford fighters and a third frigate and should do one thing well rather than three things half-pie.at half-pie, adv.
N.Z. Herald 1 Apr. 🌐 Commissioner for Children Roger McClay has called for youngsters to be taken from irresponsible parents caught homebaking drugs.at homebake, v.
N.Z. Herald 24 Feb. 🌐 The tinny house operators will be happy to have such a good advocate; the more police resources being wasted on this sort of nonsense, the fewer police to close down the illegal operators who are selling to underage kids.at tinnie house (n.) under tinnie, n.
N.Z. Herald 24 Sept. 🌐 Labour was done like a dog’s dinner.at done like (a) dog’s dinner (adj.) under dog’s dinner, n.
N.Z. Herald 19 June 🌐 [headline] Netball: Fair suck of the sav, says Ellis, NZ attitude’s better.at fair suck of the sav under fair, adj.
N.Z. Herald 14 July 🌐 We are expecting their secret weapon to be assistant Kiwi coach Graeme Norton who is still as fit as a buck rat.at fit as a buck rat (adj.) under fit, adj.
N.Z. Herald 19 June 🌐 Surely the Kiwis aren’t simply a bunch of enlightened SNAGs [sensitive New Age guys] who not only watch netball, but idolise a footballer who beat the living daylights out of his teammate with a handbag.at snag, n.6
N.Z. Herald 3 Aug. 🌐 boganitis: A disease, the symptoms of which include increased swearing, a fondness for canned beer, a lack of shaving and the wearing of singlets.at boganitis (n.) under bogan, n.
N.Z. Herald 3 Aug. 🌐 bogan dust: methamphetamine.at bogan dust (n.) under bogan, n.
N.Z. Herald 31 Jan. 🌐 A Kiwi spin on a Chinese staple.at Kiwi, adj.
N.Z. Herald 31 Jan. 🌐 [headline] Kiwi to plead guilty to $20m fraud.at Kiwi, n.
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