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1. aloha, n. and int. View full entry 1820
...An utterance of ‘aloha’ (see sense B.); an expression of welcome or farewell. Also: good wishes; love, affection....
2. boondock, n. View full entry 1944
...Rough country; jungle; an isolated or wild region. Usu. in pl. Also attrib....
3. cockatoo, n. View full entry 1634
...The name of numerous beautiful birds of the parrot kind, esp. the genus Cacatua, inhabiting Australia and the East Indian Islands, distinguished by a crest or tuft of...
4. cootie, n.2 View full entry 1917
...A body louse....
5. drongo, n. View full entry 1841
...A name originally belonging to a Madagascar bird, Dicrurus (Edolius) forficatus; thence extended to other species of Dicrurus, and in a wide sense to...
6. gong, n.2 View full entry c1600
...A metallic disk with upturned rim (usually made of an alloy composed of four parts copper to one of tin) which produces resonant musical notes when suspended and struck with a soft...
7. goorie | goory, n. View full entry 1937
...A (mongrel) dog. Hence as a term of abuse....
8. half-pie, adj. View full entry c1926
...Halfway towards, imperfect, mediocre. Also absol. or as ...
9. hoot, n.3 View full entry 1820
...Money paid as recompense; (as a generic term) money....
10. kiwi, n. View full entry 1835
...Any of several dark brown or grey tailless, flightless, nocturnal ratite birds of the genus Apteryx, of New Zealand forest and scrub, having a long bill and hairlike feathers. Cf....
11. Maori, n. and adj. View full entry 1828
...The Polynesian language of the original people of New Zealand....
12. paddy, n.1 View full entry 1623
...Now freq. in form padi. Rough or unhusked rice (Oryza sativa), either as a growing crop or when harvested but not yet threshed....
13. pie on, adj. View full entry 1916
...Very good, excellent....
14. prang, v. View full entry 1941
...trans. orig. and chiefly R.A.F. To crash or crash-land (an aircraft)....
15. puckeroo, adj. View full entry 1943
...Useless, broken, out of order; destroyed, finished. Cf. puckeroo, puckerooed...
16. puckeroo, v. View full entry 1840
...trans. To break, destroy, ruin; to kill. Cf. puckeroo, puckerooed...
17. rum, n.2 View full entry 1654
...An alcoholic spirit distilled from molasses and other sugar-cane products, prepared chiefly in the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America; a serving or variety of this....
18. toot, n.5 View full entry 1851
...A shrub or small tree, Coriaria arborea, of New Zealand. It bears shining pulpy black berries containing poisonous seeds, with an action similar to that of strychnine. See also ...
19. tutu, n.1 View full entry 1845
...A New Zealand shrub yielding shining black juicy berries, containing poisonous seeds; = toot Also attrib....
20. wahine, n. View full entry 1773
...N.Z. A Maori woman or wife....
