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Zealandia’s Guerdon choose

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[Aus] W.S. Walker Zealandia’s Guerdon 52: My old woman can cook ’em proper, A1.
at A-1, adv.
[Aus] W.S. Walker Zealandia’s Guerdon 127: He was a first-class navigator and a regular ‘Geordie’.
at Geordie, n.
[Aus] W.S. Walker Zealandia’s Guerdon 239: They got pepper for this, an’ later were sent back to Pungarehu.
at pepper, n.
[Aus] W.S. Walker Zealandia’s Guerdon 101: We ought to be able to sell about five thousand extra copies of ‘the rag’ next week.
at rag, n.1
[Aus] W.S. Walker Zealandia’s Guerdon 127: He was a regular ‘shell-back’ skipper.
at shell-back (n.) under shell, n.
[Aus] W.S. Walker Zealandia’s Guerdon 57: A couple of stray ‘swagmen’—men travelling, seeking employment—have just dropped in.
at swagman, n.2
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