freezer

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a sheep bred and raised in orderthat its mutton may be frozen and exported.

1893. J. Hotson, Lecture in `Age,' Nov.30, p. 7, col. 2:

«In the breeding of what are in New Zealand known as `freezers'there lies a ready means of largely increasing the returns fromour land.»

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