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[NZ] P.A. Lawlor More Wellington Days 132: Protestants used to call the Catholic schoolchildren ‘Cattle Dogs’.
at cattle dog, n.1
[NZ] P.A. Lawlor More Wellington Days 100: I think it was brother Augustine who initiated the lay-by system of ‘cuts.’.
at cuts, n.2
[NZ] P.A. Lawlor More Wellington Days 21: A ‘square rigger’ (a full-sized empty gin bottle) would be filled for 8d.
at square rigger, n.1
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