c.1910 informant in DNZE (1998) 714/3: shanghai ballast for rice, also freq. in WW1 .at Shanghai ballast (n.) under shanghai, n.1
c.1938 in DNZE (1998) 220/1: Donger-knocker was a Marlborough nursery word for a stick or other ‘bludgeon’ usu. the implement of a humorous threat (Ed.).at donger-knocker, n.
c.1940 editiorial insert in DNZE (1998) 675/1: Rip, shit, or bust in freq. use in Marlborough for a violent, thoughtless approach to a job or problem. (Ed.) .at rip, shit or bust under rip, v.
1941 cited in DNZE (1998) 692/2: St Patrick’s College, Silverstream. (Ed.) Sandpaper suit, a freq. term for the cadet uniform.at sandpaper suit, n.
1941 cited in DNZE (1998) 81/62: St Patrick’s College, Silverstream (Ed.); and also other secondary boarding schools (e.g. Nelson College, p.c. J.H. Brownlee) Taranaki bullshit, applied to skiting or boasting.at Taranaki bullshit (n.) under Taranaki, adj.
1948 R. Mason postcard (1953) in DNZE (1998) 475/1: A Māori cannon is where the striker’s white hits (say) the red and knocks it against the other white, or where, in making a cannon, one opponent’s white is sunk. at Māori cannon (n.) under Māori, adj.
1955 (ref. to c.1922) R. Mason postcard in DNZE (1998) 77/3: boohai heard and used in Pukekohe, Auckland, c 1922 .at booai, n.
1960 informant from Nelson Boys College in DNZE (1998) 237/1: Durry [to smoke a cigarette] .at durry, v.
c.1960 postcard in DNZE (1998) 851/1: toss the tiger used among Auckland University students and others.at toss the tiger (v.) under tiger, n.
1970 N.Y. Times in Barnhart Dict. New Eng. (1973) 325/2: Just the way it’s always been, but without tackling the nut of the problem.at nut, the, n.
1984 postcard in DNZE (1998) 683/1: (Marlborough): Roundie: prison slang for a tailor-made cigarette; also round. at roundie, n.
1987 postcard in DNZE (1998) 377/1: What are you doing? I’m having a Jack nohi (meaning: I’m having a look, a poke round; being nosey). What’s that over there. Let’s go and have a Jack nohi .at have a jack (nohi) (v.) under jack nohi, n.