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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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chum
A chamber-mate; a term used in colleges.--Junius Etymologicon. We sometimes use it in the more exten...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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old chum
n. Not in common use: the oppositeto a new chum. 1846. C. P. Hodgson, `Reminiscences of Australia,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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new chumhood
n. the period and state of beinga New Chum. 1883. W. Jardine Smith, in `Nineteenth Century,' Novem...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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New Holland
n. the name, now extinct, firstgiven to Australia by Dutch explorers. 1703. Capt. William Dampier,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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New Zealand
n. This name was given to thecolony by Abel Jansz Tasman, the Dutch navigator, who visitedit in 164...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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brand-new
(Teut. brand new.) Quite new. This word is provincial in the North of England, and is used in collo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bran-new
(Teut. brand new.) Quite new. This word is provincial in the North of England, and is used in collo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fire-new
New from the forge; brand-new.--Johnson. This old and nearly obsolete expression is sometimes used b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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coo-in-new
n. aboriginal name for «a usefulverbenaceous timber-tree of Australia, Gmelinaleichhardtii, F. v. M...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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flax, New Zealand
n. Phormium tenax, N.O. Liliaceae. A plant yielding a strong fibre.Called also, in New Zealand, Nat...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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New South Wales
n. the name of the oldest andmost important colony in Australia. The name «New Wales» wasfirst give...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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spinach, New Zealand
n. Tetragoniaexpansa, Murr., N.O. Ficoideae; called also Iceplant, in Tasmania. It is a trailing Fi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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spick and span new
every part new. S. Some derive this from a spear, the head of which was vulgarly called the spike, t...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose