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Musterer on Molesworth choose

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[NZ] B. Stronach Musterer on Molesworth 32: I sat smoking before turning in to my ‘flea bag’.
at fleabag, n.
[NZ] B. Stronach Musterer on Molesworth 4: Once I saw our packman [...] grubbing gorse.
at grub, v.1
[NZ] B. Stronach Musterer on Molesworth 4: Warty fed us again, chops and more chops. He called them ‘hockey-sticks’.
at hockey stick, n.
[NZ] B. Stronach Musterer on Molesworth 30: Shearers, attired usually in moccasins of sacking, trousers, and a ‘Jackie Howe,’ which is a flannel vest affair.
at Jackie Howe, n.
[NZ] B. Stronach Musterer on Molesworth 69: ‘So long,’ said I.
at so long, phr.
[NZ] B. Stronach Musterer on Molesworth 52: Rice was our mainstay. ‘Shanghai Ballast’ we called it, and we got dead sick of it.
at Shanghai ballast (n.) under shanghai, n.1
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