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[NZ] (con. 1875) E.C. Studholme Te Waimate (1954) 256: ‘Captain Cookers’ are high off the ground and very slab sided, designed rather for speed than for bacon.
at Captain Cook, n.
[NZ] (con. 1870s) E.C. Studholme Te Waimate (1954) 127: 1 cook’s mate, generally known as the offsider or ‘slushy’.
at offsider, n.
[NZ] (con. 1875) E.C. Studholme Te Waimate (1954) 257: The pack horse, who was a flight brute, set to work kicking and pig-jumping.
at pig jump (v.) under pig, n.
[NZ] (con. 1870s) E.C. Studholme Te Waimate (1954) 130: The shearers were, of course, the autocrats of the shed, but the ‘sheep-oh’ (penner -up) also held an important position.
at sheepo, n.
[NZ] (con. 1870s) E.C. Studholme Te Waimate (1954) 127: 1 cook’s mate, generally known as the offsider or ‘slushy’.
at slushy, n.
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