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[NZ] H.B. Vogel Maori Maid 99: The ‘blade’ who comes a ‘mucker’ is a king beside the petty ‘welsher’.
at blade, n.
[NZ] H.B. Vogel Maori Maid 110: By cripes! she is a toff.
at cripes!, excl.
[NZ] H.B. Vogel Maori Maid 150: She’s his eldest girl, I believe [...] By gad! she’s crumby.
at crummy, adj.2
[NZ] H.B. Vogel Maori Maid 119: Dang it all!
at dang!, excl.
[NZ] H.B. Vogel Maori Maid 110: Well, I am a blooming idjut!
at eejit, n.
[NZ] H.B. Vogel Maori Maid 167: By the lord Harry, I’ll give Jack beans if he has!
at by the Lord Harry! (excl.) under Lord Harry, n.
[NZ] H.B. Vogel Maori Maid 110: She’ll want a lot of knocking into shape, with all them ’oighty-toighty airs.
at hoity-toity, adj.
[NZ] H.B. Vogel Maori Maid 152: Don’t get huffy, Archie.
at huffy, adj.
[NZ] H.B. Vogel Maori Maid 158: When father knocks under, me and my brother we’ll come into the business.
at knock under, v.
[NZ] H.B. Vogel Maori Maid 41: ‘Py Kolly’ —which represents the Maori’s ‘By Golly’.
at py korry!, excl.
[NZ] H.B. Vogel Maori Maid 150: She’s a perfect nailer! She’s one of the prettiest girls I’ve ever seen.
at nailer, n.
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